Nubank
Financial Services
StaffSoftwareEngineer-DatabaseInfrastructure
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“Staff Software Engineer - Database Infrastructure at Nubank. Skills: Database infrastructure, Datomic, Distributed systems. Design and evolve database and storage platforms. Own database infrastructure at scale”
Industry & Context.
Debug complex failures; Design long-term fixes
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Deep experience with databases, Hands-on experience with large-scale data systems, Familiarity with Kubernetes, Clojure, or Datomic, Backgrounds such as Database Administrator, Systems Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, DevOps Engineer or Software Engineer with clear emphasis on databases and distributed systems, Proven ability to work in horizontal/platform teams, Excellent communication skills, Emotional resilience
Nice to Have
Experience in financial services, Prior responsibility for multi-region, high-availability database architectures
What You'll Do.
Design and evolve database and storage platforms
Own database infrastructure at scale
availability and resiliency
Enable new country launches
Ensure regulatory and data-safety compliance
Work horizontally across engineering org
Collaborate with teams consuming services
Shape shared libraries
patterns and best practices
Participate in incident response
Lead incident response
Debug complex failures
Design long-term fixes
Mentor other engineers
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Horizontal/platform teams; Many different teams; Shared infrastructure and libraries
Communication Scope
Technical leadership
Full Job Description
Staff Software Engineer – Database Infrastructure About Us 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 beyond — and this is still just the beginning of the purple future we’re building. 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: https://international.nubank.com.br/careers/ About the role You will join Foundation, Nubank’s horizontal platforms organization, in the Storage & Databases area. This team is responsible for providing the database infrastructure that powers all of Nubank, owning canonical databases (such as DynamoDB and Datomic), common libraries, and regulatory data concerns across markets. As a Staff Software Engineer – Foundation, you will be a senior technical leader working mostly across Datomic, provisioning and caching, operating horizontally across the org. You’ll design and evolve database and storage platforms that must scale to millions of customers and support Nubank’s expansion into new countries, while meeting strict regulatory and availability requirements. This role is a great fit if you love deep database theory and infrastructure, enjoy working in highly senior technical environments, and want your work to be a critical enabler for dozens of product teams and new geographies. You’ll be responsible for Designing and evolving Nubank’s storage and database platforms, with a primary focus on Datomic, provisioning and caching, ensuring they serve as reliable foundations for all product teams. Owning database infrastructure at scale, ensuring performance, ava
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