Senior Data Engineer

About the role

LOCATION: MEXICO CITY | NEW YORK CITY — IN OFFICE

About the Company

Nelo is a leading fintech in Mexico reimagining credit to expand consumer buying power. Founded in 2019 by former Uber international growth team leads Kyle Miller and Stephen Hebson, Nelo offers credit cards, BNPL loans, bill payments, and its own marketplace — all under one app — designed from first principles for a mobile-first, real-time payments world.

With $100M in annual revenue, $1B in annualized GMV, and $140M+ raised in equity and debt, Nelo is one of the most capital-efficient consumer fintech companies in Latin America. The company is profitable — positive operating profit in both 2024 and 2025. It runs lean and technical: 60 employees, 8 engineers, with AI driving underwriting, collections, and operations.

- HQ: Mexico City, Mexico; commercial and people operations in New York City

- Founded: 2019

- Team size: 60 FTEs

- Open roles: 10+

- Website: nelo.mx http://nelo.mx

- Stage: Post-Series A; $100M credit facility (Victory Park Capital, 2022); profitable

- Benefits: 401k, open PTO, medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, fertility

Company values:

- Be your best selves: ambition, hard work, intellectual curiosity

- Everyone is an owner: all employees receive equity including customer support; 10-year option expiration; equity refreshers

- Customer first: product decisions grounded in customer benefit

- Open and honest communication: quarterly financials and board presentations shared company-wide; low tolerance for bureaucracy or gossip

- Move fast, learn fast: hundreds of experiments run monthly; rigorous experimentation culture

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to help design, build, and operate the core data platform that powers analytics, machine learning, and business decision-making at Nelo. This is a hands-on, high-impact role for an experienced engineer who enjoys working across the full data lifecycle, from ingestion and transformation to reliability, scalability, and ML enablement.

You will partner closely with Analytics, Product, Engineering, Marketing, Risk, and Machine Learning teams to ensure our data infrastructure is robust, scalable, and easy to build on as Nelo continues to grow.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

- Own and evolve the data platform: Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable data pipelines and datasets that power analytics, reporting, and machine learning use cases across the company.

- Build and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines: Develop production-grade pipelines that ingest data from transactional systems, third-party providers, and event streams into our data warehouse and feature store.

- Enable analytics and business teams: Partner with Data Analytics and stakeholders to ensure data is well-modeled, documented, and accessible for self-service analysis.