Nu was born in 2013 with the mission to fight complexity to empower people in their daily lives by reinventing financial services. We are one of the world’s largest digital banking platforms, serving millions of customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. For more information, visit our institutional page https://international.nubank.com.br/careers/
Data Science is essential to every part of the business at Nubank, since Day 1. Most areas of the company use data science to some extent. ML Engineers are key to connecting ML models and ML-enabled systems to the rest of our infrastructure, while making sure that they work properly, delivering value to our customers.
- Interact with other team members to understand how to best apply data science and artificial intelligence to Nubank’s problems;
- Help monitor and maintain models and ML systems, making sure they are working well as measured by performance, operational and business metrics;
- Help deploy ML models both in batch and real-time scenarios. This may include building pipelines, constructing features and integrating models to other systems;
- Help build and maintain tooling and platforms to scale operations across multiple teams;
- Be familiar with modeling and statistics concepts;
- Has extensive programming experience and is familiar with modern development techniques;
- Has experience creating, deploying and maintaining ML models and ML-enabled systems using modern frameworks;
- Understands the most common failure modes in ML-enabled systems and knows how to avoid and/or mitigate those;
- Is familiar with all stages of the ML model lifecycle, from inception to deployment and steady-state operation;
- Is familiar with cloud-based services from vendors such as AWS, GCP and Azure.
- Is familiar with software engineering and architecture principles and how they enable sustainable and maintainable systems;
- Is familiar with data engineering routines, pipelines and job scheduling frameworks;
- Is able to navigate complex mathematical and analytical environments when needed;
- Chance of earning equity at Nubank
- Food/ Meal Card (Vale-Refeição and/or Vale Alimentação)
- Public Transportation Commuting Benefit (Vale-Transporte)
- NuCare – Psychological, Financial and Legal Assistance Program
- Life Insurance
- Medical Plan
- Dental Plan
- NuLanguage – Language Course Program
- Nucleo - Our learning platform of courses
- Extended Parental Leave
- Daycare Allowance
- Parental Consultancy
- Work-from-home Allowance
- Gym Partnerships
- 30 days of paid vacation
Hybrid 2-3 times/week: Our hybrid work model brings us to the office at least twice a week, on strategic days designed to maximize team connection and collaboration. For more details, visit https://building.nubank.com/nu-hybrid-work-model/
Skills Required
- Extensive programming experience and familiarity with modern development techniques
- Experience creating, deploying and maintaining ML models and ML-enabled systems using modern frameworks
- Familiarity with cloud-based services (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Familiarity with software engineering and architecture principles for sustainable systems
- Familiarity with data engineering routines, pipelines and job scheduling frameworks
- Understanding of common failure modes in ML systems and mitigation strategies
- Familiarity with modeling and statistics concepts
Nubank Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nubank and has not been reviewed or approved by Nubank.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Compensation is considered competitive, especially for tech roles in Brazil/LatAm, with strong top‑of‑band packages reported for senior and product/design positions. Salaries are often described as good, contributing to broadly positive pay sentiment.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity opportunities (typically RSUs) are widely available across postings and regarded as a meaningful component of total compensation. This equity element strengthens overall packages, particularly for technical and product roles.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is extended and gender‑neutral across countries, with additional childcare support and parental counseling in Brazil. These family‑focused policies enhance the perceived value of the benefits package.
Nubank Insights
What We Do
Nu was born in 2013 with the mission to fight complexity to empower people in their daily lives by reinventing financial services. We are one of the world’s largest digital banking platforms, serving more than 70 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. As one of the leading technology companies in the world, Nu leverages proprietary technologies and innovative business practices to create new financial solutions and experiences for individuals and SMEs that are simple, intuitive, convenient, low-cost, empowering, and human. Guided by its mission, Nu is fostering access to financial services across Latin America.
