Staff Software Engineer

Palo Alto, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 8 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Us

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. Visit our institutional page the Role

As a Software Engineer you will join a small senior group shaping the core technology that powers Nubank globally from data and experimentation platforms to shared services that support products across multiple business units and geographies.

You will focus primarily on backend and platform engineering: owning critical services endtoend making architecture decisions in an AIfirst environment and turning complex infrastructure into simple reliable building blocks other teams can depend on. The work is highly 01 with a strong emphasis on longterm impact technical quality and global scale rather than oneoff features.

Youll be responsible for

Designing building and operating distributed backend services and APIs that support core platforms used by multiple product teams worldwide.
Owning services endtoend from architecture and implementation to observability reliability and continuous improvement in production.
Defining clear contracts SLOs and guardrails so internal teams can safely build on top of the platforms you own.
Collaborating closely with data ML and infrastructure engineers to turn models datasets and lowerlevel components into robust easytouse internal products.
Leading 01 and modernization initiatives making pragmatic tradeoffs and setting technical standards for highleverage systems.

We are looking for a person who has

Required

Solid experience as a backend or platform engineer owning production systems endtoend (design implementation operations and ongoing evolution).
Proven track record working with distributed systems at scale and building APIs or microservices on modern cloud infrastructure.
Experience building or supporting platformlevel services where many teams depend on your systems for their daytoday work.
Comfort operating in ambiguous fastchanging contexts and driving 01 technical decisions with a longterm mindset.
Strong collaboration and communication skills including working effectively with engineers across disciplines and locations.

Nice to have

Experience with data ML or AIrelated infrastructure (e.g. experimentation model serving or ML platforms) used by multiple product teams.
Exposure to highly regulated or safetycritical domains (such as financial infrastructure or crypto) where reliability compliance and auditability are essential.
Background in fastgrowing global tech companies designing systems that work across products markets and regulatory environments.
Experience mentoring other engineers and contributing to raising the engineering bar through reviews discussions and hiring.

Location & Work Model

Location: Palo Alto United States.
Work model: Hybrid 23 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 Benefits
Our benefits program is designed to support your wellbeing and performance while you enjoy life and work. For roles based in the United States our current benefits include:
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About UsNu 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...