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Senior Staff Software Engineer - Money Boxes

Nubank · Palo Alto · Remote

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About Nubank

Backed by Sequoia, Founders Fund and Redpoint.

About the role

Senior IC Track Record: Proven experience as a senior technical leader (Staff/Senior Staff level) designing, operating, and scaling highly available, mission-critical distributed systems.

What they're looking for

  • Senior IC Track Record: Proven experience as a senior technical leader (Staff/Senior Staff level) designing, operating, and scaling highly available, mission-critical distributed systems
  • Fintech, Banking, or Investments Domain Depth: Deep hands-on experience building systems in transactional environments—such as savings platforms, ledger/accounting engines, investment order management, custody, or core banking infrastructure
  • Distributed Systems Mastery: Exceptional fluency in event-driven architectures, transactional consistency, distributed sagas, domain-driven design (DDD), and high-concurrency microservices
  • Platform & API Mindset: Demonstrated ability to build domain-agnostic, developer-friendly platforms and APIs with explicit contracts, SLAs, and high observability that allow consuming product teams to innovate rapidly
  • Strategic & Horizontal Influence: Proven success driving cross-organizational technical alignment, navigating architectural trade-offs, and communicating technical strategy clearly to engineering leaders, Product Managers, and General Managers
  • Language & Location: Professional fluency in English is required for international collaboration. Portuguese or Spanish is a plus. Roles are open in Brazil (hybrid model) or key US hubs
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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About the role

Money Boxes ("Caixinhas") is one of Nubank’s most strategic product innovations, transforming how millions of customers organize, save, and grow their money across Latin America. As Nubank expands into new geographies and financial verticals, we are looking for an exceptional Senior Staff Software Engineer to serve as the chief technical authority for our Money Boxes core platform.

In this role, you will operate at the intersection of high-concurrency distributed systems, transactional ledgering, investment asset allocation, and liquidity orchestration. You won't just maintain existing product flows—you will architect the foundational engines that enable millions of users to...

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