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The company has been leading an industry transformation through innovative products and human-centered services.\nProprietary technology and data at scale power Nu’s digital platform, built to promote financial access, advancement, and transparency. Its business model thrives on customer love and lower costs, feeding a flywheel of growth and profitability.\nVisit ourInstitutional Page\nAbout the Role\nNubank is scaling rapidly across Latin America, and our Mexico division is central to empowering millions of people with intuitive, transparent, and accessible financial services. To support our sustained customer growth and expand our product ecosystem reliably, we need senior technical leaders who can translate high-level business vision into resilient, scalable distributed architectures.\nIn this role, you will serve as a strategic technical anchor across the Mexico division, collaborating closely with engineering leadership and cross-functional teams spanning Growth, Operations, and Core Value Proposition. You will bridge local market dynamics with Nubank's global platform ecosystem, steering architectural decisions that directly impact how prospects seamlessly transition into engaged Nubank customers.\nOperating with a country-wide horizontal perspective, you will guide technical roadmaps across multiple business units and squads, untangle complex domain boundaries, and elevate engineering standards across chapters. 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Work model: Hybrid,3 times per week.\nWillingness and ability to travel to our Mexico City office approximately once per quarter for cross-team planning and collaboration.\nDiversity & Inclusion / Equal Opportunity\nAt Nubank, we believe that diversity is essential to building the best products and services. We are committed to creating a welcoming work environment that respects and values diversity in all its forms, and we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. 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