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Responsibilities
- Design and evolve large-scale distributed systems while evaluating architectural trade-offs.
- Lead technical direction for the team and align solutions with adjacent teams, architecture, and business strategy.
- Build resilient, secure, flexible, and scalable backend services and applications.
- Mentor engineers, participate in pairing and code reviews, and help maintain a high technical bar.
- Write, test, instrument, document, and maintain high-quality code.
- Build end-to-end experiences in collaboration with Product, Design, and Engineering leaders.
- Ensure observability, performance monitoring, and robust error handling across services.
- Participate in on-call rotations and respond to incidents as necessary.
Requirements
- At least 6 years of experience developing digital products in complex environments.
- Deep expertise in distributed systems, microservices architecture, and cloud technologies.
- Track record of 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.
- Experience leading technical initiatives end-to-end within a team and with partner teams.
- Experience mentoring engineers and raising technical standards.
- 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 and life insurance, and dental and vision insurance.
- NuCare mental health and wellness assistance program.
- Nucleo learning platform and NuLanguage language learning program.
- Holiday bonus of 30 days of pay per year.
- 17 days of paid vacation with a 25% vacation bonus.
- Gym partnership, food card, work-from-home allowance, and parental consultancy.
- Relocation assistance package if applicable.
- Hybrid work model in Mexico City, with office attendance at least 2–3 times per week.
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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