2 months ago
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the long-term global architecture vision and strategy for the core credit card platform.
- Partner with Product, Business, C-level, and VP leadership to shape technical roadmaps and define strategic OKRs and global impact KPIs.
- Set engineering excellence standards, mentor Architects and Principal/Staff Engineers, and act as a technical and cultural reference.
- Lead high-risk technical challenges involving performance, resilience, and multi-system or multi-country impact.
- Design and oversee complex system transformations, including core banking migrations and legacy-platform replacement, while managing regulatory and operational risks.
- Explain and defend technical strategy to executive boards and non-technical audiences in terms of business value and competitive advantage.
Requirements
- Principal/Staff Engineer-level experience or equivalent, with an extensive demonstrable history architecting and scaling mission-critical, high-volume, low-latency systems in global fintech or e-commerce.
- Expert proficiency across multiple programming paradigms, including significant hands-on functional programming experience with technologies such as Clojure, Scala, or Haskell.
- Experience establishing and leading long-term technical strategy across entire platform ecosystems and influencing multiple engineering groups.
- Deep experience designing architecture for highly regulated financial environments, including BACEN, FCA, SOX, data residency, and cross-border transactions.
- Successful experience leading large-scale platform transformations, including monolith-to-microservices transitions and data-center or cloud migrations.
- In-depth credit card and payment systems design knowledge is a significant differential.
- Experience with Clojure or similar functional languages is preferred.
- Interest or experience using AI to optimize engineering workflows is preferred.
- Deep knowledge of credit card processing or financial ledgers is preferred.
Benefits
- Hybrid work model at a Nubank office in São Paulo, Campinas, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Palo Alto, Miami, or Toronto.
- Total compensation includes base salary, RSUs, and benefits.
- The offer is conditional on applicable regulatory eligibility requirements and successful background checks.
- Equal-opportunity workplace with accommodations available during the application and interview process.
Tech Stack
ClojureHaskellScala
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About Nubank
Nu is one of the largest digital financial services platforms in the world, serving 135 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. The company has been leading an industry transformation by leveraging data and proprietary technology to develop innovative products and services. Guided by its mission to fight complexity and empower people, Nu caters to customers’ complete financial journey, promoting financial access and advancement with responsible lending and transparency. The company is powered by an efficient and scalable business model that combines low cost to serve with growing returns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwwzcXK2PUo