Staff Software Engineer - Lending Foundations (Policy & Data Platform)
The Staff Software Engineer will lead the technical direction for Nubank's global lending platform, designing scalable infrastructure for lending decisions across multiple countries. The role focuses on building robust, event-driven systems using Scala, Clojure, Kafka, and Datomic to support the bank's international expansion.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- São Paulo
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Staff
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Data engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Experience in a Staff Software Engineer role for at least 6 months
- Deep experience with Datomic, Kafka, Scala, and Clojure
- Experience reasoning about data at scale, including schema evolution and data contracts
- Track record of driving alignment on architectural decisions across multiple teams
- Experience mentoring senior engineers toward Staff level
Full description
About Nu
Nu serves more than 140 million customers, guided by a mission to fight complexity and empower people. The company has been leading an industry transformation through innovative products and human-centered services.
Proprietary technology and data at scale power Nu’s digital platform, built to promote financial access, advancement, and transparency. Its business model thrives on customer love and lower costs, feeding a flywheel of growth and profitability.
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About the role
The Global Lending Foundations team, within our Global Lending BU, is building the platform that fundamentally changes how we design, build, and roll out lending decisions across new geographies.
Our mission is to create the tools and evolve the architecture that make it dramatically easier to launch lending products in new countries, with high business impact and direct exposure to Nu’s global expansion.
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be a senior technical leader in this platform layer: defining the long-horizon technical direction for how Lending platforms scale across countries, products, and partners, and shaping how every future lending product is built across Brazil, the US, Mexico, Colombia and future markets.
You will operate at platform scale — building shared infrastructure that other teams depend on for years — while working in a highly engaged, multi-level engineering group and partnering closely with product and business leaders.
You'll be responsible for
- We have a lot to offer, including professional growth and a supportive, engaging work environment. Like:
- High Impact and Visibility: This is a high-exposure team with direct business impact on our global lending expansion. You'll interact with a wide range of stakeholders, from leadership to other business units, as you orchestrate your work across the BU.
- Architectural Ownership: You'll help define the long-horizon technical direction of the entire Lending Platforms layer, making decisions that will outlast the cycle and shape how every Lending product is built across BR, US, MX, CO, and future countries.
- Innovate with Us: You'll be part of a cross-impact team creating a fundamentally different way to build and roll out decisions within Lending, working alongside a heterogeneous group of engineers where your voice as a Staff engineer will set the technical bar.
- Unmatched Support: You'll work with a highly engaged and supportive engineering team that will help you every step of the way while having fun in the process. Plus, you'll have experienced engineering leadership in the business unit to help you navigate the organization and support your growth.