Software Engineer (Crypto - SV) - US - 2026

Nubank

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Palo Alto, CA
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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 · Software Engineer (Crypto - SV) - US - 2026

As a Lead Software Engineer in Crypto at Nu’s Silicon Valley hub, you will join a focused team dedicated to building secure and compliant crypto infrastructure that expands financial access across Latin America. Your daily responsibilities include owning cryptographic systems such as key management, signing flows, and on-chain integrations while ensuring they meet the highest standards for correctness and regulatory compliance. You’ll collaborate with security, compliance, and product teams globally, leading security reviews and mentoring peers in best practices. The role requires expertise in cryptography, distributed systems, and financial regulation, along with experience in languages like Go, Rust, or Python. This position demands a strong adversarial mindset to design defensively against potential attacks and ensure the safety of financial systems at scale.

What you'll do

  • Own cryptographic systems, protocols, or blockchain infrastructure for your domain.
  • Design and implement secure, compliant crypto infrastructure meeting high standards.
  • Conduct threat modeling and build defensive architectures assuming adversarial attacks.
  • Ensure all systems meet financial regulation compliance requirements.
  • Lead security reviews and enforce a high bar for code quality.

What we're looking for

  • Track record of building and operating cryptographic systems in production.
  • Deep understanding of cryptographic primitives, key management, signing protocols, and consensus mechanisms.
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals with experience in languages like Go, Rust, Java, or Python.
  • Experience designing systems with an adversarial mindset: threat modeling and defensive architecture.
  • Understanding of financial regulation as it applies to crypto and digital assets.
  • Demonstrated ability to make high-stakes engineering decisions prioritizing correctness and security.

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