# Senior Staff Software Engineer - Remittance 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
- Posted: 2026-09-24
- Apply by: 2026-11-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/nubank/01dfff26-50a3-471f-890e-1be083ec113d
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/nubank-senior-staff-software-engineer-remittance/

## About the role

Cross-Functional Influence: Proven ability to act as a horizontal technical leader, writing comprehensive design documents (RFCs), guiding executive leadership on technical trade-offs, and building consensus across geographically distributed teams.

## What they're looking for

- Tenure in Backend Software Engineering: Proven track record of designing, operating, and scaling highly available, mission-critical backend distributed platforms in demanding environments (e.g., fintech, payments, banking, or cloud platform infrastructure)
- Deep Payments Domain Expertise: Hands-on experience building remittance systems, cross-border payments, multi-currency ledger engines, FX execution services, or integrations with international payment clearing systems
- Distributed Systems Mastery: High fluency with event-driven architectures, transactional consistency, distributed sagas/orchestration, double-entry accounting engines, and high-concurrency microservices
- Platform Mindset: Experience designing clean, developer-friendly APIs, SDKs, and platform boundaries that enable product teams to quickly launch consumer-facing remittance journeys
- Cross-Functional Influence: Proven ability to act as a horizontal technical leader, writing comprehensive design documents (RFCs), guiding executive leadership on technical trade-offs, and building consensus across geographically distributed teams
- Language & Location: Fluent English is required for international engineering collaboration. Portuguese or Spanish is a plus. Roles are open in Brazil (hybrid model) or key US hubs

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