Lead Software Engineer, AI Agents & Orchestration

Nubank

Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Palo Alto, CA · São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Posted
today

Market check

Salary context

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $206k
$157k most similar roles pay here $256k

This listing doesn't post a salary. Most similar roles pay $166,775–$246,150.

Based on 240 similar postings.

Employer

About Nubank

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.

Nubank currently has 11 open roles on FindRole.

Most-posted roles

View all roles at Nubank

At a glance

TL;DR · Lead Software Engineer, AI Agents & Orchestration

As a Lead Software Engineer in AI Agents & Orchestration at Nubank, you will lead the technical direction for embedding Generative AI and LLMs into the lives of over 130 million customers. Your day-to-day involves defining the technical roadmap for scalable, cost-effective, and reliable AI integrations, building complex agentic systems, and collaborating with Product, Design, and Data Science teams to embed LLM capabilities across various platforms. You will leverage Nubank’s specialized GenAI Platform including inference services, evaluation frameworks, and orchestration layers to drive engineering excellence and mentor a high-performance culture within the internal AI Academy. Required skills include technical leadership in delivering large-scale software systems, experience with LLMs and Generative AI in production, full-stack thinking, complex problem-solving, and strategic acumen. Familiarity with PyTorch, TensorFlow, Flutter, or cloud-native infrastructure is beneficial.

What you'll do

  • Lead the technical roadmap for AI native applications, ensuring scalable and reliable LLM integrations.
  • Design and implement complex agentic systems to provide hyper-personalized financial experiences.
  • Set standards for AI development at Nu, promoting reusable components across projects.
  • Establish rigorous evaluation practices for AI outputs to ensure safety and accuracy.
  • Mentor team members and foster a high performance culture within the internal AI Academy.
  • Balance short-term delivery with medium-term platform stability in strategic decision making.

What we're looking for

  • Track record as a lead delivering high impact, large scale software systems.
  • Professional experience implementing LLMs and Generative AI features in production.
  • Proficiency in building maintainable codebases and API designs for model inference layers.
  • Experience navigating ambiguous projects requiring coordination across multiple business units.
  • Ability to link technical AI initiatives to core business drivers like operational efficiency.

More like this

Similar roles

Senior Software Engineer, AI Agents

Arm Holdings

San Jose, CA 35 days ago $170,900$231,200
Python C++ Linux APIs RAG GitHub Copilot Vector databases Benchmarking methodologies CI/CD MCP SDKs Arm architecture Developer tools Terraform Git Docker Kubernetes
Hybrid

Lead Applied AI Software Engineer ( AI)

Humana

NY 28 days ago $170,800$234,800
Python React FastAPI Vector databases LLM APIs Orchestration frameworks RAG pipelines Generative AI Prompt engineering CI/CD HIPAA compliance A/B testing Data preprocessing GPU availability Model serving infrastructure Feature stores Ethical AI Responsible AI principles Scalable data ingestion architectures Comprehensive evaluation metrics Automated alerting Incident response procedures
Hybrid

Lead Applied AI Software Engineer ( AI)

Humana

NY 28 days ago $170,800$234,800
Python React FastAPI Vector databases LLM APIs Orchestration frameworks RAG pipelines Generative AI Prompt engineering CI/CD HIPAA compliance A/B testing Data preprocessing GPU availability Model serving infrastructure Feature stores Ethical AI Responsible AI principles Scalable data ingestion architectures Comprehensive monitoring Incident response procedures
Hybrid

Lead Software Engineer (AI/ML)

Salesforce

Remote (California - San Francisco, US) 8 days ago $172,500$260,100
Java AI ML LLM AWS Azure GCP JUnit Jest Selenium Jenkins CI/CD Salesforce Python PostgreSQL Maven Git Kubernetes Docker Terraform
Remote