Global Credit Card Platform Architect Lead

Nubank; Miami (FL); Hybrid; USD 230,000 - 288,000; Full time

Job summary

Nubank is seeking a Staff Engineer to join the platform team, acting as a technical anchor to keep systems scalable and flexible as we grow in existing markets and expand internationally.

You will drive long-term technical strategy, mentor engineers, and collaborate with Product and Management to shape roadmaps and KPIs, while ensuring architectural excellence across multi-country implementations.

Qualifications

• Experience architecting and scaling mission-critical, high-volume systems.
• Proven ability to lead long-term technical strategy across platform ecosystems.
• Hands-on to mentor engineers and set engineering standards.

Responsibilities

• Define long-term architecture strategy for the core credit card platform.
• Lead collaboration with Product and executive leadership on roadmaps and OKRs.
• Mentor Architects and engineers to foster innovation and accountability.
• Resolve high-risk technical challenges affecting multi-country deployments.
• Oversee complex system transformations with regulatory compliance.

Skills

Architecting scalable systems

Platform leadership

Functional programming

Reactive architectures

Regulated fintech experience

Tools

Clojure

Scala

Haskell

Job description

Nubank is seeking a Staff Engineer to join the platform team, acting as a technical anchor to keep systems scalable and flexible as we grow in existing markets and expand internationally.

You will drive long-term technical strategy, mentor engineers, and collaborate with Product and Management to shape roadmaps and KPIs, while ensuring architectural excellence across multi-country implementations.