Global Remittance Platform Architect

Nubank; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

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Life Insurance

Medical Plan

NuLanguage – Language Course Program

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Extended Parental Leave

Relocation Assistance Package

Job summary

Nubank is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to own the architecture of our global Remittance and Cross-Border Payment Platform. You will design scalable multi-currency money movement, FX handling, and payout routing across international corridors.

You will collaborate with AML/KYC, compliance teams, and partner integrations to deliver reliable, low-latency rails while mentoring engineers and shaping the technical roadmap for fintech infrastructure at scale.

Qualifications

• Proven track record designing, operating, and scaling highly available backend distributed platforms.
• Hands-on experience building remittance systems, cross-border payments, multi-currency ledger engines, FX execution services, or integrations with international clearing systems.
• Fluent English; Portuguese or Spanish a plus; willingness to work in Brazil (hybrid) or US hubs.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve the long-term architectural vision for multi-currency money movement, FX rate locking, payout routing, and ledgering across international corridors.
• Architect plug-and-play integrations with global payout partners, banking networks, and local clearing rails with high reliability and low latency.
• Build transaction engines with exact-once delivery, deterministic ledger balancing, real-time liquidity management, and auditability under high concurrency.
• Partner with AML, KYC, Sanctions Screening, and Regulatory teams to embed real-time screening into payment paths.
• Drive RFCs and design reviews to guide cross-organizational architectural decisions.
• Mentor senior engineers across payments squads in distributed systems and resilience.

Skills

Backend engineering

Payments domain

Distributed systems

Platform mindset

Cross-functional influence

English language

Job description

Nubank is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to own the architecture of our global Remittance and Cross-Border Payment Platform. You will design scalable multi-currency money movement, FX handling, and payout routing across international corridors.

You will collaborate with AML/KYC, compliance teams, and partner integrations to deliver reliable, low-latency rails while mentoring engineers and shaping the technical roadmap for fintech infrastructure at scale.