Engineer
ABOUT NU
Nu serves more than 140 million customers, guided by a mission to fight complexity and empower people. The company has been leading an industry transformation through innovative products and human-centered services.
Proprietary 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.
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ABOUT THE ROLE
As a Lead Security Engineer you will be a senior technical and risk reference who moves where the risk is, across TPRM, Security Awareness and Cyber Risk, rather than owning a single silo. You will assess security gaps across diverse technologies, third parties and business contexts, quantify what matters, and turn it into prioritized, actionable treatment plans that leadership can decide on.
You will build and evolve the policies, methodologies, platforms and automation behind these programs, and help the squad scale across Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, and other geos without scaling headcount linearly. You will partner with Engineering, Product, Legal, Procurement, Operations, Internal Communication, Risk teams and the business stakeholders to translate requirements into clear, pragmatic technical specifications. This is a multidisciplinary and global role, working with teams primarily based in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, and the United States.
YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
- Assess security gaps across business processes and techn