Job Description
Staff Software Engineer – Payments Gateway About Us Nu is one of the largest digital financial platforms in the world, with more than 127 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. Guided by our mission to fight complexity and empower people, we are redefining financial services in Latin America and beyond — and this is still just the beginning of the purple future we’re building. We combine proprietary technology, data intelligence, and an efficient operating model to deliver financial products that are simple, accessible, and human. Our impact has been recognized by global rankings such as Time 100 Companies, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, and Forbes World’s Best Bank. Learn more at: https://international.nubank.com.br/careers/ About the role You will join the engineering group behind Nubank's Acquiring solutions, as Tap to Pay (TAP) experiences — turning phones and dedicated terminals into secure, reliable payment devices for our merchants. As a Staff Software Engineer – Payments Platform, you will lead the design and implementation of our systems for authorization, clearing and settlement Today we rely heavily on partners (e.g., Zoop); our strategic direction is to verticalize : building our own Payments SDKs and gateway to reduce dependency, gain end-to-end observability, and control core parts of the merchant experience. This is a high-impact role : you will both build critical gateway components and act as a key knowledge source on payments protocols and acquiring, seeding expertise across multiple squads (TAP, Acquiring platforms) over a 3–5 year roadmap. You’ll be responsible for Designing and building Nubank’s paym