Staff Software Engineer - Investments Platform

About the Role

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer - Investments to join our team at Nubank. This role is pivotal as we transition to a global, scalable platform architecture that empowers millions of customers to grow their wealth. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will play a key role in shaping our engineering culture and technical strategy to support our growth over the next decade.

What You'll Do

• Architect scalable platforms: Design and evolve core investment platforms (Custody, Orders, Offers) to be asset-agnostic and globally extensible.
• Drive legacy migration: Lead the construction of complex and innovative platforms to manage an Investments business at an unprecedented scale.
• Technical stewardship: Own the end-to-end technical lifecycle of high-impact projects, ensuring alignment with Nubank’s long-term business goals.
• Collaborate cross-functionally: Partner with Product, Design, and Operations to translate complex business requirements into elegant technical solutions.

Requirements

• Platform engineering expertise: Proven track record of building and maintaining highly abstracted, extensible platforms in a high-growth environment.
• Architecture at scale: Deep experience designing distributed systems that handle high-concurrency and mission-critical financial flows.
• Resilient leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams through periods of ambiguity, organizational change, or complex system migrations.

Nice to Have

• Investments domain knowledge: Prior experience with brokerage systems, asset classes (equities, fixed income), or financial regulatory environments.
• Cloud-native fluency: Deep familiarity with AWS or similar cloud providers and modern CI/CD practices.
• Pragmatic problem solving: Experience balancing the need for architectural purity with the necessity of delivering business value in a fast-paced setting.

What We Offer

• Chance of earning equity at Nubank
• Food/Meal Card (Vale-Refeição and/or Vale Alimentação)
• Public Transportation Commuting Benefit (Vale-Transporte)
• NuCare – Psychological, Financial and Legal Assistance Program
• Life Insurance
• Medical Plan
• Dental Plan
• NuLanguage – Language Course Program
• Nucleo - Our learning platform of courses
• Extended Parental Leave
• Daycare Allowance
• Parental Consultancy
• Work-from-home Allowance
• Gym Partnerships
• 30 days of paid vacation
• Relocation Assistance Package, if applicable