Lead IT Engineer - Productivity Systems

Nubank

Hybrid

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Durham, NC · Miami, FL · Palo Alto, CA · Washington DC
Posted: today

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Nubank is one of the world's largest digital financial services companies, offering credit cards, personal loans, savings accounts, and insurance to tens of millions of customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia.

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TL;DR · Lead IT Engineer - Productivity Systems

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The Lead IT Engineer role at Nu in Durham, Miami, Palo Alto, or Washington DC involves designing and implementing high-leverage automation platforms like n8n to orchestrate workflows across business units while ensuring email delivery resilience with AWS SES. This senior-level position requires defining technical governance for AI adoption within engineering workflows, creating minimum control platforms that balance developer freedom with security, and setting standards for internal tooling such as Postman. Candidates should have a solid software engineering background in languages like Clojure, Java, or Python, hands-on experience with AWS services including SES and Lambda, and expertise in workflow automation tools. The role demands advanced problem-solving skills, the ability to balance efficiency with security, and strong mentorship capabilities within a large-scale digital financial platform environment.

Skills

AWS Terraform Python n8n Postman Clojure Java Infrastructure-as-Code CI/CD AI Adoption LLMs API Lifecycle

What you'll do

Lead the implementation and maintenance of automation platforms like n8n.
Design and optimize critical communication infrastructure for high availability.
Drive technical strategy for AI adoption within engineering workflows.
Develop governance frameworks for safe, compliant use of AI coding assistants.
Define and enforce usage standards for developer tools across different squads.

What we're looking for

Solid software engineering background with 7+ years of experience in Clojure, Java, or Python.
Extensive hands-on experience with AWS services (SES, Lambda, IAM) and Infrastructure-as-Code tools like Terraform/CloudFormation.
Proven track record designing and implementing workflow automation platforms (n8n, Zapier) in production environments.
Strong understanding of AI integration into developer workflows and ability to develop governance frameworks for safe and compliant use.
Experience defining technical standards and mentoring senior engineers while aligning with IT security and privacy policies.

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