Nubank

Staff Software Engineer - Mexico

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3 months ago
Mexico City, MexicoStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Work with large-scale distributed systems and understand their architecture and trade-offs.
  • Set technical direction for multiple teams and align initiatives with business areas and architecture strategies.
  • Drive pragmatic innovation and build resilient, secure, flexible solutions that scale across products and geographies.
  • Mentor engineers across teams and raise the organization-wide technical bar.
  • Write, test, instrument, document, and maintain high-quality code.
  • Participate in pairing and code reviews.
  • Collaborate with Product, Design, and Engineering leaders to build end-to-end experiences.
  • Ensure comprehensive observability, performance monitoring, and robust error handling across team services.
  • Participate in on-call rotations and respond to incidents.
  • Focus primarily on backend applications while contributing to mobile and frontend development as needed.

Requirements

  • At least 8 years of experience developing digital products in complex environments.
  • Deep expertise in distributed systems, microservices architecture, and cloud technologies.
  • Proven experience designing and delivering large-scale systems serving thousands or millions of users.
  • Strong background in object-oriented or functional programming languages and ability to work across multiple languages.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives across multiple teams without direct authority.
  • Experience mentoring senior engineers and raising the technical bar across organizations.
  • Practical knowledge of agile software development methodologies and prior CI/CD experience.
  • Strong communication skills for identifying risks and explaining trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Advanced English skills.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to earn equity at Nu.
  • Extended maternity and paternity leave.
  • Health and life insurance.
  • Dental and vision insurance.
  • NuCare mental health and wellness assistance program.
  • Nucleo learning platform and NuLanguage language learning program.
  • 30-day annual Holiday Bonus (Aguinaldo).
  • 17 days of paid vacation with a 25% vacation bonus.
  • Gym partnership and food card.
  • Work-from-home allowance.
  • Parental consultancy.
  • Relocation assistance package, if applicable.
  • Hybrid work model requiring office attendance at least 2–3 times per week in Mexico City, Mexico.

Tech Stack

Amazon DynamoDBApache KafkaAWSClojureKubernetesPrometheus

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About Nubank

10,000+ employees

Nubank is a digital banking platform for consumers and small businesses in Latin America, offering a no-fee credit card, accounts, payments, lending, and investments through Nu Asset Management. It monetizes via interchange, interest, and product fees within its app-based ecosystem. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in São Paulo, it serves over 100 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia and is listed on the NYSE (ticker: NU).

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