Lead Systems Engineer

Nu; Ciudad de México; Presencial; MXN 400,000 - 600,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading financial services platform in Mexico is seeking a Staff Security Engineer to enhance infrastructure and mentor junior engineers. Responsibilities include improving performance and governance, guiding team members, and addressing technical challenges. Ideal candidates should have AWS and Kubernetes expertise, along with strong English communication skills. The role offers 17 days of vacation and additional employee benefits.

Servicios

17 days of paid vacation with 25% vacation bonus

Holiday Bonus of 30 days of pay per year

NuCare - Mental health and wellness assistance program

Extended maternity and paternity leaves

Formación

• Experience and knowledge of cloud platforms, particularly AWS.
• Strong understanding and hands-on experience with Kubernetes and AWS EKS.
• Passion for sharing knowledge and mentoring other engineers.

Responsabilidades

• Proactively identify and pursue opportunities to improve our infrastructure.
• Guide and mentor junior engineers to maintain a high-quality technical environment.
• Represent the team in technical forums and negotiate with stakeholders.
• Deep dive into problems to identify root causes and deliver innovative solutions.

Conocimientos

Cloud platforms (AWS)

Kubernetes and AWS EKS

Access management (AWS IAM, Role management)

Scaling tools (Karpenter, KEDA, HPA)

Golang programming language

Advanced English skills

Descripción del empleo

Nu was born in 2013 with the mission to fight complexity to empower people in their daily lives by reinventing financial services. We are one of the world’s largest digital financial services platforms, serving over 100 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. As one of the leading technology companies in the world, Nu leverages proprietary technologies and innovative business practices to create new financial solutions and experiences for individuals and SMEs that are simple, intuitive, convenient, low-cost, empowering, and human. Guided by its mission, Nu is fostering access to financial services across Latin America.

Staff Security Engineer

As a Staff Security Engineer, you’re expected to contribute as a key lead within the Computing Squad. You will be in contact with critical pieces of foundational infrastructure where the majority of Nubank's workloads run, including Kubernetes, AWS, Network, and Service Communications. You will contribute to our Computing product strategy, identify opportunities to improve our infrastructure, and set a high technical standard for the team.

Main responsibilities

• Proactively identify and pursue opportunities to improve our infrastructure in areas like performance, costs, and governance.
• Act as a key technical lead in the team, guiding and mentoring more junior engineers to create and maintain a high-quality technical environment.
• Represent the team in different technical forums, documenting, negotiating, and convincing different stakeholders across various levels and chapters.
• Anticipate technical and product issues, making appropriate design decisions to avoid them.
• Deep dive into problems to identify root causes and deliver innovative solutions that address team-level challenges with a focus on medium and long-term impact.
• Understand the technical aspects, capabilities, and limitations of our systems, contributing to discussions and improvements.
• Contribute to our Computing product strategy, working closely with peers and Product Managers.

What are we looking for?

• Experience and knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS).
• Strong understanding and hands-on experience with Kubernetes and AWS EKS.
• Experience with access management (AWS IAM, Role management).
• Experience with scaling tools like Karpenter, KEDA, and HPA.
• Experience with the Golang programming language.
• A passion for sharing knowledge and mentoring other engineers.
• Creativity and analytical thinking to find opportunities to improve our Computing Platform.
• Advanced English skills (English will be used every day for documentation, text conversations, and meetings).
• 17 days of paid vacation with 25% vacation bonus
• Holiday Bonus ("Aguinaldo") of 30 days of pay per year
• NuCare - Our mental health and wellness assistance program
• Extended maternity and paternity leaves

Diversity & Inclusion

We want to build products and experiences for everyone who wants to take back control over their finances, so we build strong and diverse teams. We hire under equal opportunity, irrespective of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or background. We are proud to say that 30% of our team recognize themselves as part of the LGBTQ+ community, and 40% of our team identify as women, in all positions and seniority levels. We value human interactions and are a process-light organization. At Nu, everyone has the opportunity to speak up, participate, grow, and share ideas.