Staff Software Engineer - BI Intelligence

The role

You will design and evolve analytics platforms and build AI-powered data experiences. You will work at the intersection of software engineering, SRE, data platforms, and applied AI to build reliable and governed systems.

What you will do

• Designing and evolving analytics platforms that serve Nubankers and business units.
• Building AI-powered data experiences including natural-language interfaces and query generation.
• Developing foundations for trustworthy AI analytics like semantic context and data contracts.
• Designing and operating reliable distributed systems with observability and cost controls.
• Driving technical direction and making architectural decisions with stakeholders.
• Translating ambiguous problems into technical options and execution plans.
• Mentoring engineers and raising the engineering bar through design reviews and documentation.
• Turning AI capabilities into dependable products for data work.

Required qualifications

• Proven experience as a Staff-level Software Engineer or equivalent technical leader delivering high-impact systems in production.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and an SRE mindset.
• Experience designing reliable distributed systems, defining service objectives and improving observability.
• Experience with data platforms or analytics infrastructure such as Databricks, distributed query engines, metadata catalogs, semantic layers or large-scale data systems.
• Deep understanding of data semantics, metric definitions, data contracts, lineage, data quality and access control.
• Experience designing or integrating AI/LLM-powered products, including natural-language interfaces, RAG, tool use, query generation, grounding or evaluation.
• Ability to balance security, governance, reliability, latency, performance and cost at scale.
• Proven ability to lead ambiguous, cross-functional initiatives and drive alignment across teams and stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction beyond your immediate team.

Nice to have

• Experience building conversational analytics, agentic workflows or AI-powered developer/data tools.
• Experience with evaluation frameworks, guardrails and monitoring for AI-generated outputs.
• Background in financial services, fintech or other regulated environments.

Benefits

• Chance of earning equity at Nubank
• Food/ Meal Card (Vale-Refeição and/or Vale Alimentação)
• Public Transportation Commuting Benefit (Vale-Transporte)
• NuCare – Psychological, Financial and Legal Assistance Program
• Life Insurance
• Medical Plan
• Dental Plan
• NuLanguage – Language Course Program
• Nucleo - Our learning platform of courses
• Extended Parental Leave
• Daycare Allowance
• Parental Consultancy

Before you apply

• Recruitment process may involve the use of artificial intelligence–enabled tools.
• Nu does not provide individualized technical feedback.

About the company

Nu serves more than 140 million customers with a mission to fight complexity and empower people. The company uses proprietary technology and data at scale to power its digital platform.