Senior Security Engineer - MX
NubankMexico, Mexico CityPosted 20 March 2026
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Job Description
About Us
Nu is one of the largest digital financial platforms in the world, with more than 122 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 this is still just the beginning of the purple future we're building.
Listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: NU), 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. Visit our institutional page https://international.nubank.com.br/careers/
As a Senior Security Engineer, you’re expected to:
Create and implement security controls in cloud and non-cloud based environments
Automation of security controls to avoid operational burden and monitoring
Become the Business Unit trusted advisor for all things information security
Understanding root causes of issues and problems, collaborating with others to work on solutions.
Creating strong relationships with diverse teams, by coordinating communication between different audiences, teams and stakeholders
Communicating fluently with diverse global teams in English and Spanish.
Establish and maintain a first-line security risk management and compliance-driven practice that ensures Nubank avoids taking unnecessary risks and is hit by security tragedies.
Ensure all security risks are adjudicated and tracked including 3rd party suppliers
Ensure security is proactively addressed during business service/product/technical design, build and implementation
Evangelise security awareness and best practices in the Business Unit.
What We Are Looking For:
Demonstrable and firm understanding of security and engineering practices and how they relate to delivering business outcomes
Capable of articulate and negotiate complex security risks and trade-offs
A self-motivated problem solver who is able to communicate effectively across functional teams
Organised and flexible thinker with Risk Management experience
Experience working implementing and automating security controls
Experience working with AWS and GCP
Experience working with Okta and IAM tooling
Experience working with visualization tools and platforms like Looker, Databricks, etc
General knowledge in ISO, PCI, NIST security frameworks
Experience working with regulatory requirements (SPEI, CUB, PCI, NIST, ISO)
General knowledge in databases and applications
General knowledge of programming languages and scripting languages
General knowledge of cloud infrastructure (private or public), microservices and distributed environments.
Proficiency in English and Spanish.
We believe in good team chemistry, enthusiasm for building things, and our surprising capacity to learn new things when we stay humble and open-minded. Good computer science skills and concepts, as well as English language skills, are essential.
We are a very process-light organization that values human interactions. We love working in small, independent teams that feel like small startups and eschew coupling and centralizing where realistic. We understand that execution is the key to success and optimize processes to remove bottlenecks.
Our Benefits
Chance of earning equity at Nu
Extended maternity and paternity leaves
Health and life insurance
Dental and Vision Insurance
NuCare - Our mental health and wellness assistance program
Nucleo - Our learning platform of courses
NuLanguage - Our language learning program
Holiday Bonus ("Aguinaldo") of 30 days of pay per year
17 days of paid vacation with 25% vacation bonus
Gym partnership
Food card
Work-from-home Allowance
Parental Consultancy
Relocation Assistance Package, if applicable
Location for this opportunity (City, Country)
Mexico City, Mexico
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