Nubank

Lead Software Engineer - Buenos Aires, Argentina (Hybrid)

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2 months ago
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Define technical vision and architecture roadmaps across business areas.
  • Translate business strategies into scalable engineering systems and technical initiatives.
  • Raise engineering standards through architectural reviews and systemic improvements.
  • Design, prototype, and execute complex, high-risk, or foundational systems hands-on.
  • Mentor engineers and support talent development.
  • Establish practices for observability, failure-domain isolation, disaster recovery, and incident resolution.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience engineering complex digital products.
  • Mastery of distributed systems design, microservices, cloud-native architectures, and failure-mode analysis for high-concurrency systems serving millions of active users.
  • Demonstrated experience leading large-scale technical initiatives across multiple engineering teams.
  • Experience mentoring engineers.
  • Exceptional communication skills for explaining technical trade-offs, risk profiles, and architectural decisions.
  • Advanced written and spoken English.
  • Experience with Clojure is valued, but willingness to learn is supported.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with office attendance 2–3 times per week and at least twice weekly.
  • Chance to earn equity.
  • Health insurance and life insurance.
  • NuCare and NuLanguage programs.
  • International business travel insurance.
  • Vacations and parental leave.
  • Work-from-home allowance.

Tech Stack

Clojure

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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