Academic Content Developer - FinTech Systems & Payments Engineering

Description

Jala University is launching a FinTech Engineering Specialization for mid-to-senior software engineers. The program is taught in English and built around production-grade engineering: every lab and project mirrors what engineers actually ship at leading fintechs in Latin America. We are looking for senior practitioners to design the content of each of the program's four courses.

About The Role

Jala University is an innovative initiative designed to bridge the gap between academia and industry by delivering practical education tailored to industry needs, with a unique educational model integrating experts from both academia and industry.

Our goal is to transform the economies of underserved regions through the software industry, creating professional opportunities that impact individuals, communities, and regions, while leaving a lasting legacy for future generations

We're looking for a content developers for Fintech Engineering Specialization at Jala University. You'll design module content, labs, a reference implementation, an evaluation harness, and an instructor guide.

Requirements

• Mandatory: Direct professional experience at a payments fintech operating in LatAm (Clip, dLocal, Kushki, Ebanx, Stone, Conekta or equivalent).
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, at least 3 of them in FinTech, payments or financial services
• Able to write examples, labs and exercises in both Go and TypeScript/Node.js
• Professional written English; content must be clear and technically precise for mid-to-senior engineers
• Production mindset: you design what engineers build in real systems, not academic exercises

Domain expertise we are looking for

• Card payments: Card transaction flows (ISO 8583 authorization, capture, reversal, settlement), the full actor chain from issuer to merchant, BIN routing, acquiring models and interchange; familiarity with ISO 20022
• Instant payment rails: Hands-on integration with at least one of PIX (Brazil), SPEI (Mexico) or Transferencias 3.0 (Argentina), including QR payloads, interoperability and settlement flows
• Ledgers & distributed systems: Multi-tenant, event-sourced, double-entry ledgers; isolation levels, locking, idempotency, transaction state machines, and preventing double-spending under high concurrency
• Clearing & settlement: Understanding of LatAm clearing and settlement networks (e.g. SLC, CERC, Prosa, ACH, Coelsa) and BaaS/Ledger-as-a-Service integration
• Regulation by design: Working knowledge of at least one LatAm framework (BACEN, CNBV, BCRA, SFC); settlement finality, non-repudiation and audit trails as engineering constraints

Nice to have

• Conceptual familiarity with stablecoin settlement for cross-border payments
• Experience writing technical documentation: RFCs, ADRs, OpenAPI specs
• Spanish, to produce contextual regulatory notes for specific LatAm markets (BR, MX, CO, AR)

Benefits

• Remote work modality (home office).
• Joining a dynamic and growing organization with international reach.