Nubank

Senior Security Engineer (Offensive Security)

Nubank
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1 day ago
São Paulo, Brazil +2 moreSenior

Responsibilities

  • Drive infrastructure, web, and mobile/API penetration tests end-to-end.
  • Craft and execute red team operations that challenge organizational defenses.
  • Lead vulnerability management initiatives and help prioritize remediation.
  • Build tools that enhance offensive security reviews and automate repetitive tasks.
  • Partner with development squads to ensure security issues are understood and addressed at their root.
  • Contribute to architectural and logical reviews of systems and products.
  • Educate and guide security engineers, product teams, and other stakeholders on secure development.

Requirements

  • Strong offensive security background focused on red team activities.
  • Deep experience across the penetration-testing lifecycle, including reconnaissance, enumeration, exploitation, post-exploitation, and lateral movement.
  • Strong knowledge of current and historical attack vectors, exploitation techniques, and remediation approaches.
  • Ability to replicate the behavior of Advanced Persistent Threat groups.
  • Experience with security frameworks such as OWASP.
  • Experience working in cloud environments, with AWS preferred.
  • Ability to harden and improve CI/CD pipelines and experience with SDLC.
  • Solid knowledge of operating systems, networks, databases, and infrastructure architecture.
  • Experience with threat modeling.
  • Active participation in CTF competitions or bug bounty programs is preferred.
  • Proficiency with security assessment tools including Burp Suite, Nmap, Metasploit, SQLmap, Nessus, Censys, Shodan, or Frida.re is preferred.

Benefits

  • Chance of earning equity 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 course program and Nucleo learning platform.
  • Extended parental leave, daycare allowance, and parental consultancy.
  • Work-from-home allowance and gym partnerships.
  • 30 days of paid vacation.
  • Relocation assistance package, if applicable.
  • Hybrid work model requiring office attendance at least 2–3 times per week.
  • Recruitment may use AI-enabled tools for interview transcription and analysis, while final decisions are made by human reviewers.

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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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