Senior Software Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Fintech): Building and optimizing large-scale distributed backend systems for a digital financial platform with an accent on microservices architecture, functional programming, and cloud technologies. Focus on designing scalable solutions, ensuring high throughput, and collaborating on end-to-end feature delivery within an agile environment.

Location: Hybrid 2-3 times/week in Mexico City, Mexico.

Company

Nu is one of the largest digital financial platforms in the world, serving over 122 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia, listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: NU).

What you will do

• Work with large-scale distributed systems, understanding their broad architecture.
• Plan and execute on entire features, collaborating with peers.
• Collaborate with building microservices and work with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code.
• Write, test, instrument, document, and maintain code.
• Pair and participate in code reviews, and contribute to the growth of others.
• Participate in on-call rotations for your team and respond to incidents as necessary.

Requirements

• Experience with large-scale distributed systems.
• Proven track experience building digital products.
• Ability to quickly understand technical and business requirements, translating them into technical design and implementation.
• Proven understanding of object-oriented or functional programming language.
• Familiarity with cloud technologies and microservices.
• Experience defining asynchronous integrations using event-driven architectures and practical knowledge of agile software development methodologies.
• English: B2 required.

Culture & Benefits

• Process-light organization that values human interactions and small, independent teams.
• Chance of earning equity at Nu.
• Extended maternity and paternity leaves.
• Health, life, dental, and vision insurance.
• NuCare - Mental health and wellness assistance program.
• Nucleo - Learning platform of courses; NuLanguage - Language learning program.
• Holiday Bonus ("Aguinaldo") of 30 days of pay per year and 17 days of paid vacation with 25% vacation bonus.
• Gym partnership, food card, work-from-home allowance.
• Parental Consultancy.
• Relocation Assistance Package, if applicable.