Lead Data Center Engineer

About Nubank

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 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. Learn more at our careers page: https://international.nubank.com.br/careers/.

About the role

We are looking for a Lead Data Center Engineer to be the technical anchor for Nubank’s physical infrastructure and data center operations, ensuring reliability, scalability, and standardization across our global colocation footprint. The Data Center Eng team owns the physical layer of our infrastructure – from power, cooling, fire protection, security systems to structured cabling and operations – in data centers and technical rooms that host Nubank’s platforms. As a key lead you will be a main point of contact for solving complex infrastructure inquiries, connecting multiple projects and stakeholders, and guiding the standardization of contracts, technical requirements, equipment, and documentation across all our data centers.

As a Lead Data Center Engineer, You'll be Responsible For

• Leading the technical direction of Nubank’s physical infrastructure and data center operations, acting as the main technical reference for the team on all infrastructure-related questions (power, cooling, space, cabling, safety, standards).
• Owning standardization across all data centers in terms of contracts, technical and operational requirements, equipment, and processes, ensuring a consistent, high-maturity setup in every site.
• Designing and maintaining robust, senior-level documentation (standards, procedures, runbooks, capacity, topology), making sure it is clear, up to date, and usable by different stakeholders across Nubank.
• Acting as the primary interface between Nubank teams and external data center providers, translating business needs into infrastructure requirements, work orders, change requests, and negotiations with vendors.
• Coordinating the design and deployment of infrastructure in third‑party data centers (space, racks, cages, power, cooling, cabling), ensuring compliance with Nubank’s safety, redundancy, and performance requirements – always focused on managing our space in colocation sites, not building our own data centers from scratch.
• Ensuring alignment between physical infrastructure and IT operations, including service installation, ca