Lead Data Center Engineer

About Nubank

Nu is one of the largest digital financial platforms in the world with more than 127 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 were 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 Companys Most Innovative Companies and Forbes Worlds Best Bank.
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We are looking for a Lead Data Center Engineer to be the technical anchor for Nubanks physical infrastructure and data center operations ensuring reliability scalability and standardization across our global colocation footprint. The Data Center Eng team owns the physical layer of our infrastructure from power cooling fire protection security systems to structured cabling and operations in data centers and technical rooms that host Nubanks platforms.

As a key lead you will be a main point of contact for solving complex infrastructure inquiries connecting multiple projects and stakeholders and guiding the standardization of contracts technical requirements equipment and documentation across all our data centers.

As a Lead Data Center Engineer Youll be Responsible For

• Leading the technical direction of Nubanks physical infrastructure and data center operations acting as the main technical reference for the team on all infrastructure-related questions (power cooling space cabling safety standards).
• Owning standardization across all data centers in terms of contracts technical and operational requirements equipment and processes ensuring a consistent high-maturity setup in every site.
• Designing and maintaining robust senior-level documentation (standards procedures runbooks capacity topology) making sure it is clear up to date and usable by different stakeholders across Nubank.
• Acting as the primary interface between Nubank teams and external data center providers translating business needs into infrastructure requirements work orders change requests and negotiations with vendors.
• Coordinating the design and deployment of infrastructure in thirdparty data centers (space racks cages power cooling cabling) ensuring compliance with Nubanks safety redundancy and performance requirements always focused on managing our space in colocation sites not building our own data centers from scratch.
• Ensuring alignment between physical infrastructure and IT operations including service installation cabling changes capacity planning and estimating provider hours needed to deploy or modify environments.
• Supporting the manager in leading the team technically helping to decompose work review solutions mentor engineers and be the first escalation point for complex technical decisions so the manager can focus on strategy and broader topics.
• Interconnecting projects and maintaining standards across multiple data centers making sure that over time all sites converge to the same level of standardization and quality in terms of infrastructure contracts and documentation.
• Driving continuous improvements in availability resilience and efficiency of our physical infrastructure (power systems generators UPS cooling fire protection structured cabling and more) in close collaboration with providers and internal stakeholders.
• Contributing to training and knowledge sharing within the team helping to design and follow up on technical training and creating clarity on expectations and standards for the broader group.

We Are Looking for a Person Who Has

• Bachelors degree in Engineering (Mechanical Electrical Control/Automation or related fields).
• 810 years of experience in data center and technical room environments including deployment and operations of physical infrastructure and IT infrastructure in colocation or enterprise data centers.
• Solid hands-on experience with physical infrastructure systems such as power distribution generators UPS cooling/HVAC fire detection and suppression and structured cabling in data centers.
• Proven experience working closely with data center IT operations (service installation cabling changes capacity planning provider work orders and hours and environment deployment activities).
• Demonstrated ability to act as a technical lead / anchor for a team being the person others go to first for infrastructure questions and decisions and ensuring consistent technical standards across multiple sites or projects.
• Strong track record of creating and maintaining clear robust senior-level technical documentation for infrastructure standards procedures and designs.
• Availability and interest to work based in São Paulo Brazil in a hybrid setup with close proximity to the manager and most of the team.

Nice to have

• Experience in large-scale technology or cloud companies and/or major data center providers where you developed knowledge about power cooling equipment installation structured cabling and vendor management.
• Experience supporting global multi-site operations and collaborating with teams distributed across different countries.
• Previous experience mentoring or technically leading small engineering teams especially in infrastructure or facilities-related contexts.
• Familiarity with financial services or other highly regulated industries and their expectations for reliability resilience and risk management.

Location

São Paulo Brazil

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 visithttps:// Experience:

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