Nubank

Staff Software Engineer

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3 days ago
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute the Mexico division’s long-term architectural vision using Domain-Driven Design principles.
  • Steer technical strategy across Growth, Operations, and Core Value Proposition squads while integrating with Nubank’s global platform.
  • Mentor and develop senior engineering talent across chapters.
  • Translate commercial objectives into scalable system designs and execution roadmaps with engineering directors and executives.
  • Drive cross-team technical consensus and balance delivery velocity with platform extensibility.
  • Improve operational resilience and observability across customer acquisition funnels, including system reliability and conversion latency.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated Staff-level or equivalent technical leadership guiding distributed-systems architecture across multi-team organizations.
  • Deep practical experience applying Domain-Driven Design to decouple and scale event-driven microservices.
  • Ability to influence cross-functional technical roadmaps across globally distributed teams without direct hierarchical authority.
  • Experience architecting mission-critical, high-throughput systems requiring fault tolerance, reliability, and low latency.
  • Professional working proficiency in English and the ability to communicate complex architecture to technical and executive audiences.
  • Spanish proficiency or experience building products for Latin America, especially Mexico, is preferred.
  • Experience designing growth, onboarding, or acquisition engines in large-scale consumer technology or fintech environments is preferred.
  • Hands-on experience with cloud-native ecosystems, Clojure, Scala, or Apache Kafka is preferred.
  • Experience building and scaling systems at top-tier global technology companies is preferred.

Benefits

  • Hybrid role based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with work from the Buenos Aires office three times per week.
  • Approximately quarterly travel to the Mexico City office for planning and collaboration.
  • Equal opportunity workplace committed to diversity and inclusion.

Tech Stack

Apache KafkaClojureScala

Categories

Nubank

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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