Senior Software Engineer

About Us Nubank is one of the largest digital financial platforms in the world, with more than 122 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. Guided by our mission to fight complexity and empower people, we are redefining financial services in Latin America and this is still just the beginning of the purple future we're building. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: NU), we combine proprietary technology, data intelligence, and an efficient operating model to deliver financial products that are simple, accessible, and human. Our impact has been recognized by global rankings such as Time 100 Companies, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, and Forbes World’s Best Bank. Visit our institutional page https://international.nubank.com.br/careers/ About the role Our Engineering team helps Nubank to create and use the technology that provides us to build the best financial products. We strive for state-of-the-art software development practices that currently include a variety of technologies. While we value candidates that are familiar with them, we are also confident that software engineers who are interested in joining Nubank will be able to learn from our team. The software engineer is focused on software development with Clojure as main programming language (We will teach you Clojure). Main responsibilities: Horizontally scalable microservices written mostly in Clojure, using Finagle and leveraging upon functional programming techniques and hexagonal architecture High throughput jobs and inter-service communication using Kafka Continuous Integration and Deployment into AWS Storing data in Datomic and DynamoDB Monitoring and observability with Prometheus Running as much as possible in Kubernetes We are a process-light organization that values human interactions. We value working in small, independent teams that feel like small startups within the company, and eschew coupling and centralizing where realistic. We understand that execution is the key to success and optimize processes to remove bottlenecks. You will be responsible for Work with large scale distributed systems, understanding their broad architecture Plan and execute on entire features, collaborating with peers while planning the work ahead Collaborate in building microservices and work with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code Work with agile software development methodologies Write, test, instrument, document, and maintain code Pair, and participate in code reviews, to grow and contribute to the growth of others in and around the team Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and partner Engineering teams to build new experiences Participate in on-call rotations for your team and respond to incidents as necessary Work focused on backend applications, and be open to contribute to mobile and frontend development, according to business needs We are looking for a person who has At least 6 years of experience developing digital products Ability to quickly understand technical and business requirements, translating them into technical design and implementation A problem-solver who is able to communicate effectively across functional teams A software engineer who cares deeply about user experience Proven understanding of object-oriented or functional programming language Notions of distributed systems and familiarity with cloud technologies Have practical knowledge of agile software development methodologies and previous experience with CI/CD Advanced English skills Our Benefits Health Insurance Life Insurance Pension Plan Extended maternity and paternity leaves Nucleo - Our learning platform of courses NuLanguage - Our language learning program NuCare - Our mental health and wellness assistance program Vacations Work Model for this Role Nubank operates in a hybrid model, where teams collaborate remotely and periodically come together for about one week of in-person sessions. For Canadian team members, these sessions typically take place in one of our hubs (Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, or the United States) and are communicated well in advance to allow proper planning, with travel support provided to ensure equitable access to these global collaboration opportunities. Transparency in the use of AI Our recruitment process may involve the use of artificial intelligence–enabled tools, such as automated interview transcription and analysis, to support the evaluation process. Artificial intelligence is not used to make final hiring decisions; all decisions are made by human reviewers.