LatAm List – Brazilian unicorn, Nubank, a neobank for consumers, starts to recruit for its recent expansion in Mexico. Based in São Paulo, the company is positioned as one of the top five credit card issuers in Brazil and the largest digital bank in the world outside of Asia.
The company recently raised US$420M from Sequoia Capital, Kaszek Ventures, QED, Redpoint Ventures, Tiger Global Management, Founders Fund, and DST Global in seven equity rounds.
In response to the expansion, the startup seeks to hire talent to fill 400 roles including mobile software engineers, data scientists, product managers, customer experience analysts, and other positions. Nubank is engaging online and in recruitment events at the world’s best universities with potential candidates, and particularly values international applicants.
“We seek [international] professionals because we want the world’s best team, so we need to take a global approach to competing for talent, bringing the best people to help us tackle our challenges regardless of where in the world they may be right now,” says Nubank’s co-founder, Cristina Junqueira.
Employees at Nubank have access to several benefits such as health and life insurance, subsidized meals and transport, as well as maternity and paternity leave.
