# Lead Software Engineer at Nubank

- Company: Nubank
- What the company does: Backed by Sequoia, Founders Fund and Redpoint.
- Company website: https://www.nubank.com.br/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Palo Alto
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $230K to $276K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-20
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/nubank/4e0373cd-d0d5-44f0-a57f-616aae821059
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/nubank-lead-software-engineer/

## About the role

Defining clear contracts, SLOs, and guardrails so internal teams can safely build on top of the platforms you own. Solid experience as a backend or platform engineer, owning production systems end‑to‑end (design, implementation, operations, and ongoing evolution).

## What they're looking for

- Solid experience as a backend or platform engineer, owning production systems end‑to‑end (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 platform‑level services where many teams depend on your systems for their day‑to‑day work
- Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast‑changing contexts and driving 0→1 technical decisions with a long‑term mindset
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, including working effectively with engineers across disciplines and locations

Tags: Engineer