Nubank

Senior Security Engineer (Incident Response)

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11 days ago
São Paulo, BrazilSenior

Responsibilities

  • Investigate complex security cases to understand abuse mechanisms and guide mitigation or detection strategies.
  • Act as technical Incident Commander during major crises and coordinate technical workstreams.
  • Provide clear, data-driven incident updates to technical and executive stakeholders.
  • Create and refine SOAR playbooks and Python-based tools to automate repetitive tasks and scale security operations.
  • Analyze large datasets to identify emerging threat trends, improve detection, and quantify risk.

Requirements

  • Solid experience as an Incident Response Analyst or Specialist handling investigations in complex, high-scale environments.
  • Deep understanding of security vulnerabilities, attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures, including MITRE ATT&CK.
  • Hands-on incident response and management experience in cloud infrastructures such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
  • Strong Python and SOAR platform skills for building automated or self-healing response workflows.
  • Ability to translate complex technical findings into clear, actionable reports for technical peers and executive leadership.
  • Proficiency in understanding and speaking English for global collaboration.

Benefits

  • Equity opportunity at Nubank.
  • Food or meal card, public transportation commuting benefit, life insurance, medical plan, and dental plan.
  • NuCare psychological, financial, and legal assistance program.
  • NuLanguage language courses and Nucleo learning platform.
  • Extended parental leave, daycare allowance, and parental consultancy.
  • Work-from-home allowance, gym partnerships, 30 days of paid vacation, and relocation assistance where applicable.
  • Hybrid work model requiring office attendance at least 2–3 times per week.
  • The role is available in São Paulo, Campinas, Rio de Janeiro, or Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
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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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