Nubank was founded in 2013 to free people from a bureaucratic, slow and inefficient financial system. Since then, through innovative technology and outstanding customer service, the company has been redefining people's relationships with money across Latin America. With operations in Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia, Nubank is today one of the largest digital banking platforms and technology-leading companies in the world. Nubank was listed on the NYSE in 2021 and was recently named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential Companies. For more information, visit nu.com.br.
About the RoleAt Nubank, we are entering a new chapter for our Investments business. We are moving away from traditional, siloed financial systems toward a global, scalable platform architecture that empowers millions of customers to grow their wealth. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be a cornerstone of this transformation, ensuring our engineering culture and technical strategy can support the next decade of growth.
You will join the Investments Platforms team, where we build the core engines for custody, offers, and orders. Your mission is to "dehydrate" legacy systems by designing extensible, agnostic solutions that handle everything from fixed income to equities. This isn't just about writing code; it's about leading a cultural and technical revival, influencing your peers to adopt the best architectural practices while keeping the "plane flying" as we migrate critical flows.
Responsibilities- Architect Scalable Platforms: Design and evolve core investment platforms (Custody, Orders, Offers) to be asset-agnostic and globally extensible.
- Drive Legacy Migration: Lead the construction of complex and innovative platforms to manage an Investments business in a scale unseen in the market.
- Technical Stewardship: Own the end-to-end technical lifecycle of high-impact projects, ensuring alignment with Nubank’s long-term business goals.
- Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner with Product, Design, and Operations to translate complex business requirements into elegant technical solutions.
- Platform Engineering Expertise: Proven track record of building and maintaining highly abstracted, extensible platforms (technical or business-focused) in a high-growth environment.
- Architecture at Scale: Deep experience designing distributed systems that handle high-concurrency and mission-critical financial flows.
- Resilient Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams through periods of ambiguity, organizational change, or complex system migrations.
- Investments Domain Knowledge: Prior experience with brokerage systems, asset classes (equities, fixed income), or financial regulatory environments.
- Cloud-Native Fluency: Deep familiarity with AWS or similar cloud providers and modern CI/CD practices.
- Pragmatic Problem Solving: Experience balancing the need for architectural purity with the necessity of delivering business value in a fast-paced setting.
- 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
Location & Work Model
This role is based in São Paulo or Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on a Hybrid model (2 times per week) at our office.
Diversity & Inclusion / Equal OpportunityAt Nubank, we believe that diversity is essential to building the best products and services. We are committed to creating a welcoming work environment that respects and values diversity in all its forms, and we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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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.
