Nubank

Staff Software Engineer - BI Intelligence

Nubank
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3 days ago
São Paulo, Brazil +2 moreStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Design and evolve analytics platforms serving Nubankers and business units across the company.
  • Build AI-powered data experiences, including natural-language interfaces, query generation, tool orchestration, grounding, and feedback mechanisms.
  • Develop foundations for trustworthy AI analytics, including semantic context, governed metrics, data contracts, lineage, data quality, access control, and evaluation.
  • Design and operate reliable distributed systems with observability, service objectives, security, performance, and cost controls.
  • Drive technical direction, architectural decisions, cross-functional alignment, and execution plans for ambiguous initiatives.
  • Mentor engineers and improve engineering practices through design reviews, pairing, documentation, and operational practices.
  • Turn AI capabilities into dependable products that improve how Nubankers work with data.

Requirements

  • Proven experience as a Staff-level Software Engineer or equivalent technical leader delivering high-impact production systems.
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals and an SRE mindset, including experience with reliable distributed systems, service objectives, and observability.
  • Experience with data platforms or analytics infrastructure such as Databricks, distributed query engines, metadata catalogs, semantic layers, or large-scale data systems.
  • Deep understanding of data semantics, metric definitions, data contracts, lineage, data quality, and access control.
  • Experience designing or integrating AI/LLM-powered products, including natural-language interfaces, RAG, tool use, query generation, grounding, or evaluation.
  • Ability to balance security, governance, reliability, latency, performance, and cost at scale.
  • Proven ability to lead ambiguous cross-functional initiatives and align teams and stakeholders.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills for explaining complex technical decisions.
  • Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction beyond the immediate team.
  • Preferred experience with conversational analytics, agentic workflows, AI-powered developer or data tools, evaluation frameworks, guardrails, monitoring for AI-generated outputs, or financial services and regulated environments.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work in Brazil with an office requirement of 2–3 times per week.
  • Equity opportunity at Nubank.
  • Food or meal card and public transportation commuting benefit.
  • Psychological, financial, and legal assistance through NuCare.
  • Life, medical, and dental insurance.
  • Language courses and access to Nu’s 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.

Tech Stack

Databricks
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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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