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Lead Software Engineer

Nubank · Palo Alto

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ABOUT NU Nu is the leading digital bank in Latin America, serving 135 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. The company has been leading an industry transformation by leveraging data and proprietary technology to develop innovative products and services. Guided by its mission to fight complexity and empower people, Nu caters to customers’ complete financial journey, promoting financial access and advancement with responsible lending and transparency. The company is powered by an efficient and scalable business model that combines low cost to serve with growing returns. Nu’s impact has been recognized in multiple awards, including Time 100 Most Influential Companies, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, and Forbes World’s Best Banks. Visit our Institutional Page https://www.nu.com/2026-en ABOUT 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. The work is highly 0→1, with a strong emphasis on long‑term impact, technical quality, and global scale rather than one‑off features. YOU'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR - Designing, building, and operating distributed backend services and APIs that support core platforms used by multiple product teams worldwide. - Owning services end‑to‑end - 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 lower‑level components into robust, easy‑to‑use internal products. - Leading 0→1 and modernization initiatives, making pragmatic trade‑offs and setting technical standards for high‑leverage systems. WE ARE LOOKING FOR A PERSON WHO HAS REQUIRED - Solid expe

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