Engineering Manager
Nubank
Engineering Manager
Nubank
Digital bank offering credit cards
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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We strive for state-of-the-art software development practices, that currently includes 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.
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 can read more about it in our engineering blog and get some insights into how we work.
You’ll be Responsible for
Lead a team of 8~10 software engineers (ICs)
Foster a culture of teamwork, feedback and continuous improvement
Conduct effective 1:1s, team meetings and rituals
Manage individual contributors, enabling them to be high performers and support others
Deliver distributed systems at scale
Align stakeholders around team’s vision, goals, and metrics
Reason about software architecture design decisions
Look and implement improvements in the way we work and organize
Experience leading Engineering teams, ideally with a background as a software engineer or software architect
Experience being accountable for people management, having exposure to performance assessment, hiring, supporting career growth, etc
Experience leading agile teams, being familiar with the most relevant ceremonies, metrics and processes
A good level of technical understanding, being able to take part in architecture discussions with Engineers and to translate complex, technical projects and concepts for non-engineers.
Advanced level of English - you'll be part of a global team
Location
Mexico City, Mexico.
Work model
Hybrid
Office requirement
Hybrid 2–3 times/week: Our hybrid work model brings us to the office at least twice a week, on strategic days designed to maximize team connection and collaboration. For more details, visit https://building.nubank.com/nu-hybrid-work-model/.
Our benefits are designed to support your wellbeing, development, and life outside of work. For Mexico, they include:
Chance of earning equity at Nu
Extended maternity and paternity leaves
Health and life insurance
Dental and Vision Insurance
NuCare – our mental health and wellness assistance program
Nucleo – our learning platform of courses
NuLanguage – our language learning program
Holiday Bonus (“Aguinaldo”) of 30 days of pay per year
17 days of paid vacation with 25% vacation bonus
Gym partnership
Food card
Work-from-home Allowance
Parental Consultancy
Relocation Assistance Package, if applicable
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.
To maintain a consistent and fair process for every candidate, Nu does not provide individualized technical feedback. See how our policy works here
Nubank is a digital bank in Latin America that offers financial services mainly through its mobile app, including credit cards, personal loans, and digital payment solutions for individuals and small businesses. Customers access and manage products through the app, with loans earning interest and merchants paying transaction fees; the bank aims to minimize or eliminate fees and provide a simple, transparent user experience. Nubank’s products work by delivering credit and payment services online, with revenue coming from interest on loans, card interchange fees, and premium services. The company differentiates itself through a strong focus on a no-fee, user-friendly digital experience, scale across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia, and technology-driven operations that emphasize accessibility and transparency. Its goal is to simplify banking, expand access to financial services, and become a leading, trusted financial platform in Latin America.
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