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Nubank · 2 months ago

Senior Staff Engineer - Kafka

positionUSA, Miami
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff

Nubank is one of the largest digital financial platforms in the world, aiming to redefine financial services in Latin America. They are seeking a Senior Staff Engineer specialized in maintaining and operating high-throughput messaging platforms built on Apache Kafka, responsible for managing a large-scale Kafka infrastructure and ensuring high reliability and minimal latency for systems processing petabytes of data daily.

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Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Operating and managing over 200 Kafka clusters efficiently
Supporting and monitoring over 1 million Kafka topics
Handling over 1PB of data flowing through Kafka daily, ensuring minimal latency and high reliability
Optimizing resource utilization and controlling costs in a smart, sustainable way
Extending asynchronous communication patterns beyond Kafka to meet future needs
Maintaining performance, reliability, and containing blast radius as message volume grows exponentially
Developing strategies to efficiently support and monitor over a million Kafka topics
Implementing solutions to maintain performance and reliability and contain potential issues as message volume grows exponentially

Qualification

Apache KafkaAWSHigh-throughput messagingLarge-scale data systemsProblem-solvingTeam collaborationCommunication skills

Required

Essential skills and experience in maintaining and operating high-throughput messaging platforms built on Apache Kafka
Proven expertise with Kafka in large-scale, mission-critical environments
Experience with infrastructure spanning multiple AWS accounts
Experience in companies that manage similar complex, large-scale data/messaging systems
A specialized skill set related to the challenges outlined above

Benefits

Remote work, with quarterly trips to Sao Paulo to build relationships with coworkers.
Top Tier Medical Insurance
Top Tier Dental and Vision Insurance
20 days time off, 14 company holidays, and great culture that emphasizes work life balance.
Life Insurance and AD&D
Extended maternity and paternity leaves
Nucleo - Our learning platform of courses
NuLanguage - Our language learning program
NuCare - Our mental health and wellness assistance program
401K
Saving Plans - Health Saving Account and Flexible Spending Account

Company

Nubank

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Nubank is a digital bank offering seamless financial services, including payments, credit cards, and personal loans.
dateFounded in 2013
location
São Paulo, Sao Paulo, BRA
people-size5001-10000 employees
web-link
https://www.nubank.com.br

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$4.17B
Key Investors
International Finance CorporationBerkshire HathawayTCV
2023-01-17Post Ipo Debt· $265.1M
2022-04-11Post Ipo Debt· $650M
2022-02-16Post Ipo Equity· $1B

Leadership Team

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Livia Chanes
CEO Nubank Brazil
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Cristina Junqueira
Co-Founder
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