Nubank Engineering Senior Director at Nubank with end-to-end ownership of large, business-critical platforms. Leads technical direction, architecture, and a large multidisciplinary team while partnering with senior stakeholders.
Responsibilities
Set the architectural direction of your platform and personally drive its most important technical decisions.
Lead a large organization, often alongside product management, and be accountable for product and business outcomes, not only technical delivery.
Align senior, high-complexity stakeholders and make clear prioritization trade-offs across dependent business areas.
Act as the senior technical authority for your area, raising the bar for architectural discussion across the organization.
Communicate strategy, trade-offs and complex technical risks clearly to executive leadership.
Build strong leaders and a high-ownership culture at scale.
Qualification
StrongExperience building and scaling globalExperience leading largeBackground in high-growthStrong people leadership at scaleFluency in English is requiredCore leadership skillsBusiness acumenCommunication
Required
Proven track record leading engineering organizations and owning critical platforms with significant business impact, at a senior leadership level (for example Senior Director, VP, or CTO of a scaled company).
Strong, hands-on technical foundation in architecture and system design, with the credibility to make and defend decisions alongside senior engineers and executives.
Experience building and scaling global, reusable platforms that support multiple products and/or countries.
Experience leading large, multidisciplinary teams, including product management.
Background in high-growth, technically complex technology companies. Financial services experience is a plus but not required.
Strong people leadership at scale, including developing managers and leading teams through change and ambiguity.
Excellent stakeholder management and communication, with maturity in negotiation and conflict resolution across senior cross-functional partners.
AI/ML literacy and the ability to apply AI to drive efficiency and unlock new capabilities.
Fluency in English is required. Portuguese and/or Spanish are a plus.
Core leadership skills
Business acumen: drives strategic business alignment by analyzing market dynamics, identifying opportunities and ensuring informed decision-making.
Communication: masters complex communication, mentors others, fosters open dialogue and adapts to enhance organizational effectiveness.
