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Nubank · 9 hours ago

Staff SRE Engineer - Data Infra

Nubank is one of the largest digital financial platforms in the world, and they are seeking a Staff Site Reliability Engineer for their Data Infra SRE team. This role is crucial for defining the future of reliability for their Data Platform, focusing on strategic evolution, architectural leadership, and pioneering AI-driven automation to ensure high availability and performance.

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Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Defining Strategic Evolution: You will lead initiatives to refine the strategic direction of the SRE team, ensuring the Data Platform infrastructure supports the company’s long-term decentralization goals and the Archipelago evolution plan
Designing Architectural Leadership: You will provide expert guidance for the design, implementation, and maintenance of highly reliable, scalable, and performant data systems
Pioneering AI-Driven Automation: You will champion the adoption of advanced automation frameworks such as LangGraph and AI agents to autonomously resolve data platform crashes and coordinate incident responses
Implementing Proactive System Health: You will develop sophisticated anomaly detection and predictive analytics mechanisms to identify and prevent potential issues before they impact the business
Establishing Incident Protocols: You will lead the refinement of incident response protocols and post-incident analysis to drive continuous improvement in platform stability
Mentoring and Technical Culture: You will mentor other engineers, foster a culture of reliability engineering excellence, and take ownership of technical initiatives that eliminate toil and optimize resource utilization
Service Level Objectives (SLO) Management: Defining, monitoring, and enforcing SLOs for critical data platform services
System Observability: Implementing and maintaining comprehensive monitoring, logging, and tracing solutions across the data platform
Toil Reduction: Identifying and automating repetitive manual tasks to improve team efficiency and focus on strategic initiatives
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity: Developing and testing disaster recovery plans to ensure the resilience of the data platform
Capacity Planning: Forecasting resource needs and planning for infrastructure scaling to meet anticipated demand
Performance Engineering: Optimizing system performance and addressing bottlenecks to ensure efficient operation
Security Best Practices: Implementing and advocating for security best practices within the data platform
Platform APIs: enabling alert management on virtually any service with simple interactions

Qualification

SREFunctional ProgrammingBig DataCloud InfrastructureAutomation FrameworksReliability PracticesStrategic Problem-SolvingMentoring

Required

Extensive Experience in SRE or Systems Engineering: A proven track record of leading complex technical initiatives and defining infrastructure strategies at a staff level or equivalent
Proficiency in Functional Programming and Big Data: Solid experience with Clojure and Datomic for backend systems, alongside Scala and Spark for high-volume data processing
Expertise in Cloud Infrastructure: Deep practical knowledge of managing mission-critical workloads on AWS using Kubernetes, Step Functions, Lambdas, and EC2
Experience Building Automation from the Ground Up: A demonstrated ability to innovate and build automation frameworks in greenfield environments, with a focus on implementing AI agents for operational efficiency
Advanced Knowledge of Reliability Practices: Experience defining and enforcing Service Level Objectives, managing system observability, and leading disaster recovery and capacity planning
Strategic Problem-Solving: The ability to translate complex architectural challenges into scalable software solutions while managing cost, performance, and security best practices

Benefits

Opportunity of earning equity at Nu
Medical Insurance
Dental and Vision Insurance
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
Extended maternity and paternity leaves
401K
Saving Plans - Health Saving Account and Flexible Spending Account
Work-from-home Allowance
Relocation Assistance Package, if applicable.

Company

Nubank is a digital bank offering seamless financial services, including payments, credit cards, and personal loans.

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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