Senior Software Engineer

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Toronto, ON, CAN
In-Office
Senior level
Financial Services
The Role
The Senior Software Engineer will develop scalable microservices using Clojure, manage CI/CD in AWS, and collaborate on distributed systems while ensuring code quality through reviews.
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About Us

Nubank is one of the largest digital financial platforms in the world, with more than 122 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. Guided by our mission to fight complexity and empower people, we are redefining financial services in Latin America and this is still just the beginning of the purple future we're building.

Listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: NU), we combine proprietary technology, data intelligence, and an efficient operating model to deliver financial products that are simple, accessible, and human.

Our impact has been recognized by global rankings such as Time 100 Companies, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, and Forbes World’s Best Bank. Visit our institutional page https://international.nubank.com.br/careers/

About the role

Our Engineering team helps Nubank to create and use the technology that provides us to build the best financial products. We strive for state-of-the-art software development practices that currently include a variety of technologies. While we value candidates that are familiar with them, we are also confident that software engineers who are interested in joining Nubank will be able to learn from our team. The software engineer is focused on software development with Clojure as main programming language (We will teach you Clojure). Main responsibilities:

  • Horizontally scalable microservices written mostly in Clojure, using Finagle and leveraging upon functional programming techniques and hexagonal architecture
  • High throughput jobs and inter-service communication using Kafka
  • Continuous Integration and Deployment into AWS
  • Storing data in Datomic and DynamoDB
  • Monitoring and observability with Prometheus
  • Running as much as possible in Kubernetes

We are a process-light organization that values human interactions. We value working in small, independent teams that feel like small startups within the company, and eschew coupling and centralizing where realistic. We understand that execution is the key to success and optimize processes to remove bottlenecks.

You will be responsible for
  • Work with large scale distributed systems, understanding their broad architecture
  • Plan and execute on entire features, collaborating with peers while planning the work ahead
  • Collaborate in building microservices and work with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code
  • Work with agile software development methodologies
  • Write, test, instrument, document, and maintain code
  • Pair, and participate in code reviews, to grow and contribute to the growth of others in and around the team
  • Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and partner Engineering teams to build new experiences
  • Participate in on-call rotations for your team and respond to incidents as necessary
  • Work focused on backend applications, and be open to contribute to mobile and frontend development, according to business needs
We are looking for a person who has
  • At least 6 years of experience developing digital products
  • Ability to quickly understand technical and business requirements, translating them into technical design and implementation
  • A problem-solver who is able to communicate effectively across functional teams
  • A software engineer who cares deeply about user experience
  • Proven understanding of object-oriented or functional programming language
  • Notions of distributed systems and familiarity with cloud technologies
  • Have practical knowledge of agile software development methodologies and previous experience with CI/CD
  • Advanced English skills 
Our Benefits
  • Health Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Pension Plan
  • Extended maternity and paternity leaves 
  • Nucleo - Our learning platform of courses
  • NuLanguage - Our language learning program
  • NuCare - Our mental health and wellness assistance program
  • Vacations
Work Model for this Role

Nubank operates in a hybrid model, where teams collaborate remotely and periodically come together for about one week of in-person sessions. For Canadian team members, these sessions typically take place in one of our hubs (Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, or the United States) and are communicated well in advance to allow proper planning, with travel support provided to ensure equitable access to these global collaboration opportunities.

Transparency in the use of AI

Our recruitment process may involve the use of artificial intelligence–enabled tools, such as automated interview transcription and analysis, to support the evaluation process. Artificial intelligence is not used to make final hiring decisions; all decisions are made by human reviewers.

Total compensation includes base salary, RSUs and benefits. Base salary range: $156,000 - $187,200

Skills Required

  • At least 6 years of experience developing digital products
  • Proven understanding of object-oriented or functional programming languages
  • Practical knowledge of agile software development methodologies
  • Familiarity with cloud technologies
  • Advanced English skills

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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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The Company
HQ: São Paulo, São Paulo
13,649 Employees
Year Founded: 2013

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.

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