Nubank

Lead Software Engineer - Mexico

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3 months ago
Mexico City, MexicoStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Set technical direction and align multiple teams with business areas and architecture strategies.
  • Design and evolve large-scale distributed systems, microservices, and backend applications.
  • Drive resilient, secure, flexible, and scalable technical solutions across products and geographies.
  • Mentor engineers across teams and help maintain a high technical bar.
  • Write, test, instrument, document, and maintain high-quality code.
  • Participate in pairing, code reviews, and cross-functional collaboration with Product, Design, and Engineering leaders.
  • Ensure comprehensive observability, performance monitoring, and robust error handling.
  • Participate in on-call rotations and respond to incidents.
  • Contribute to mobile and frontend development when business needs require it.

Requirements

  • At least 8 years of experience developing digital products in complex environments.
  • Deep expertise in distributed systems, microservices architecture, and cloud technologies.
  • Proven experience designing and delivering large-scale systems serving thousands or millions of users.
  • Strong background in object-oriented or functional programming languages and ability to work across multiple languages.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives across multiple teams without direct authority.
  • Experience mentoring senior engineers and raising the technical bar across organizations.
  • Practical knowledge of agile software development methodologies and prior CI/CD experience.
  • Strong communication skills for identifying risks and explaining trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Advanced English skills.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to earn equity at Nu.
  • Extended maternity and paternity leave.
  • Health, life, dental, and vision insurance.
  • NuCare mental health and wellness assistance program.
  • Nucleo learning platform and NuLanguage language-learning program.
  • 30-day annual holiday bonus (Aguinaldo).
  • 17 days of paid vacation with a 25% vacation bonus.
  • Gym partnership, food card, work-from-home allowance, and parental consultancy.
  • Relocation assistance package when applicable.
  • Hybrid work model in Mexico City requiring office attendance two to three times per week.

Tech Stack

Amazon DynamoDBApache KafkaAWSClojureKubernetesPrometheus

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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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