Staff Software Engineer (Clojure)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (Clojure): Building and optimizing horizontally scalable microservices and high-throughput jobs for a digital financial platform with an accent on functional programming, distributed systems, and cloud technologies. Focus on setting technical direction, mentoring engineers, and driving pragmatic innovation across multiple teams.

Location: Hybrid in Mexico City, Mexico (2-3 times/week in office)

Company

Nu is one of the largest digital financial platforms in the world, with over 122 million customers across Latin America.

What you will do

• Work with large-scale distributed systems, understanding their broad architecture.
• Set technical direction for multiple teams, ensuring alignment with business and architecture strategies.
• Drive pragmatic innovation while ensuring resilient and flexible solutions that scale across products and geographies.
• Mentor engineers across teams, establishing and maintaining a high technical bar organization-wide.
• Write, test, instrument, document, and maintain code, and participate in code reviews.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Engineering leaders to build new experiences.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of experience developing digital products in complex environments.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems, microservices architecture, and cloud technologies.
• Proven track record of designing and delivering large-scale systems that serve thousands (or even millions) of users.
• Strong background in object-oriented or functional programming languages.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives across multiple teams without direct authority.
• Experience mentoring senior engineers and raising the technical bar across organizations.
• Practical knowledge of agile software development methodologies and previous experience with CI/CD.
• Advanced English skills required.

Culture & Benefits

• Chance of earning equity at Nu.
• Extended maternity and paternity leaves.
• Health, life, dental, and vision insurance.
• NuCare - Our mental health and wellness assistance program.
• Nucleo and NuLanguage - Our learning and language learning programs.
• Holiday Bonus, 17 days of paid vacation with a 25% vacation bonus.
• Gym partnership, food card, and work-from-home allowance.
• Parental Consultancy and Relocation Assistance Package, if applicable.