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Lead Software Engineer (Crypto, SV) - US - IC6 - 2026

Nubank · Palo Alto · Remote

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About Nubank

Backed by Sequoia, Founders Fund and Redpoint.

About the role

Nu is building secure, compliant crypto infrastructure that will expand financial access for millions of people across Latin America. As part of that effort, we're bringing personalized, data-driven crypto experiences to our customers through an internal conversational AI platform which is powered by their portfolio, risk appetite, market conditions, and financial behavior.

What they're looking for

  • Experience building data pipelines and integration layers that connect backend/product data to AI-driven systems (context engineering, tool/function calling) — collaborating with ML engineers rather than owning model training
  • Solid understanding of blockchain concepts and crypto products (wallets, portfolios, transactions, on-chain data), with the ability to integrate deeply with protocols and core crypto infrastructure
  • Experience working with customer data and behavior to drive personalization (segmentation, risk profiling, usage patterns)
  • Strong distributed-systems fundamentals — experience designing and operating data pipelines and services at scale (throughput, consistency, failure handling, freshness, reliability), rather than expertise tied to a specific programming language
  • Comfort working as a cross-team interface — translating a platform team's integration needs into clear data contracts and APIs
  • Awareness of the risks of exposing financial data to LLM-driven surfaces (data integrity, injection risks, appropriate guardrails)
More about this role

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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Nu is building secure, compliant crypto infrastructure that will expand financial access for millions of people across Latin America. As part of that effort, we're bringing personalized, data-driven crypto experiences to our customers through an internal conversational AI platform which is powered by their portfolio, risk appetite, market conditions, and financial behavior.

We're looking for a Lead Software Engineer who sits at the intersection of crypto products, customer data, and applied AI integration. You'll work closely with our core crypto engineering team — leveraging and contributing to blockchain integrations, wallet and portfolio data, and on-chain signals — and turn that into rich,...

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