Nubank
Digital Financial Platforms
LeadDataCenterEngineer
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“Lead Data Center Engineer at Nubank. Skills: Data Center Operations, Physical Infrastructure, Technical Leadership, Standardization. Lead technical direction of physical infrastructure. Own standardization across data centers”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensuring reliability, scalability, and standardization across our global colocation footprint; Ensuring a consistent, high-maturity setup in every site; Ensuring compliance with Nubank’s safety, redundancy, and performance requirements; Driving continuous improvements in availability, resilience, and efficiency
Industry & Context.
Solving complex infrastructure inquiries
Availability and interest to work based in São Paulo, Brazil, in a hybrid set‑up
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Control/Automation, or related fields), 8–10 years of experience in data center and technical room environments, Solid, hands-on experience with physical infrastructure systems such as power distribution, generators, UPS, cooling/HVAC, fire detection and suppression, and structured cabling in data centers, Proven experience working closely with data center IT operations (service installation, cabling changes, capacity planning, provider work orders and hours, and environment deployment activities), Demonstrated ability to act as a technical lead / anchor for a team, track record of creating and maintaining clear, robust, senior-level technical documentation for infrastructure standards, procedures, and designs
Nice to Have
Experience in large-scale technology or cloud companies and/or major data center providers, Experience supporting global, multi-site operations and collaborating with teams distributed across different countries, Previous experience mentoring or technically leading small engineering teams, Familiarity with financial services or other highly regulated industries
What You'll Do.
Lead technical direction of physical infrastructure
Own standardization across data centers
Design and maintain robust documentation
Act as primary interface with data center providers
Coordinate infrastructure design and deployment
Ensure alignment between physical infrastructure and IT operations
Support manager in leading team technically
Interconnect projects and maintain standards
Drive continuous improvements in availability
Contribute to training and knowledge sharing
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Connecting multiple projects and stakeholders; Ensuring alignment between physical infrastructure and IT operations; Supporting the manager in leading the team technically; Interconnecting projects and maintaining standards across multiple data centers; Collaborating with providers and internal stakeholders; Contributing to training and knowledge sharing within the team
Full Job Description
About Nubank Nu is one of the largest digital financial platforms in the world, with more than 127 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. Learn more at our careers page: https://international.nubank.com.br/careers/. About the role We are looking for a Lead Data Center Engineer to be the technical anchor for Nubank’s physical infrastructure and data center operations, ensuring reliability, scalability, and standardization across our global colocation footprint. The Data Center Eng team owns the physical layer of our infrastructure – from power, cooling, fire protection, security systems to structured cabling and operations – in data centers and technical rooms that host Nubank’s platforms. As a key lead you will be a main point of contact for solving complex infrastructure inquiries, connecting multiple projects and stakeholders, and guiding the standardization of contracts, technical requirements, equipment, and documentation across all our data centers. As a Lead Data Center Engineer, You'll be Responsible For Leading the technical direction of Nubank’s physical infrastructure and data center operations, acting as the main technical reference for the team on all infrastructure-related questions (power, cooling, space, cabling, safety, standards). Owning standardization across all data centers in terms of contracts, technical and operational requirements, equipment, and processes, ensuring a consistent, high-mat
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