# AI Research Manager - Machine Learning at Nubank

- Company: Nubank
- What the company does: Backed by Sequoia, Founders Fund and Redpoint.
- Company website: https://www.nubank.com.br/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Palo Alto
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-07-20
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/nubank/8902fe4e-6379-400a-98f5-e8f4b5f63659
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/nubank-ai-research-manager-machine-learning/

## About the role

Attract and retain top-tier research talent in a competitive market, and build a reputation for the team as a place the best researchers want to be.

## What they're looking for

- Experience: 3+ years of direct people-management experience leading applied AI research or core machine learning teams at big tech companies, frontier labs, or comparable high-scale environments
- Education: M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Applied Mathematics, or a related quantitative field, with a strong working understanding of core AI methodologies
- Track record: Proven ability to build, scale, and retain high-performing research or advanced applied-science teams
- Technical depth: This is a management-first role, but deep conceptual familiarity with at least one of our core research areas is highly valued:
- Foundation models & LLMs: pre-training from scratch, scaling laws, training-optimization frameworks, and large GPU-cluster workflows
- Behavioral & sequential models: sequence models, recommendation systems, and large-scale representation learning for very large user bases

Tags: Machine Learning