Senior Software Engineer

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In-Office
Financial Services
The Role
About Us

Nu 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/  

Engineering at Nubank

We strive for state-of-the-art software development practices, that currently includes 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.

  • 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.


As a Software Engineer, you’re expected to:
  • Work with large scale distributed systems
  • Collaborate with building microservices
  • Have practical knowledge of agile software development methodologies
  • Work with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code
Our Benefits
  • 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
  • Relocation Assistance Package, if applicable

Work Model for this Role

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/

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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