AI Engineer, Design

The role

You will architect and build systems for the Design Center of Excellence, including the NuBrain global knowledge system. You will work with designers and researchers to turn needs into scoped, buildable tools and infrastructure.

What you will do

• Architect and build the systems design at Nu runs on
• Understand needs from designers and researchers to scope and build tools
• Stand up or reuse infrastructure, write code, and ship it to the function
• Instrument builds with metrics and observability
• Own the roadmap for CoE tooling including prioritization and sequencing
• Act as the technical voice in a design organization

Required qualifications

• Deeply experienced AI engineer
• Experience building systems other people build on
• Experience working with AI models on token consumption, rate limiting, response latency, and MCP servers
• Track record architecting UX systems such as design systems, component platforms, UI frameworks, or front-end infrastructure
• Experience building agentic systems, agents, tooling, or infrastructure
• Ability to navigate stakeholders and lead projects independently
• Provide evidence of shipped work such as GitHub, live tools, or demos

Nice to have

• Experience building agentic systems that help design scale

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.