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Principal Engineer - Platform & Data

Masabi· Engineering
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RemoteFull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Senior technical leader focusing on architecture across Masabi’s platform and data, shaping technical direction, delivering hands-on contributions, and strengthening data architecture and strategy.

Responsibilities

  • Shape Masabi’s platform architecture, including platform blueprint definition, standards and best practices
  • Help shape Masabi's data architecture and strategy, including how we structure, store and make use of the data generated across our platform
  • Design and deliver scalable, robust, cost efficient services aligned with platform blueprint
  • Stay hands-on in code and technical delivery, including reviews and targeted contributions
  • Identify and work through complex platform challenges related to scalability, performance, resilience and cost
  • Act as a senior technical advisor across engineering teams, supporting and influencing technical decisions and ensuring Masabi standards are followed
  • Shape and contribute to technical roadmap planning and prioritisation of platform improvements
  • Support RFP estimation and technical scoping for complex initiatives
  • Produce clear, high-quality technical documentation and architecture artefacts
  • Improve how architecture is understood and applied across engineering and the wider business
  • Contribute to and help shape technical forums and working groups, including areas such as API and architecture governance

Qualifications

  • Strong experience designing and evolving distributed systems and microservices architectures
  • Operated at Principal or Staff level, shaping technical direction across multiple teams or domains
  • Comfortable staying hands-on, contributing in code, design and delivery when needed
  • Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and modern infrastructure practices
  • Experience with systems where scale, reliability, performance and cost trade-offs matter
  • Proven experience in data architecture (e.g. data platforms, pipelines, warehousing or data lakes) and working on products built on top of large data stores
  • Ability to turn loosely defined problems into actionable technical approaches
  • Clear communication and ability to produce structured documentation for technical and non-technical audiences
  • Contributed to engineering standards, architecture patterns or platform direction
  • Strong experience with REST API design in complex, multi-service environments, ideally including frontend consumption
  • Interest in or exposure to AI-enabled systems, particularly architectural implications in production

Skills

Required:Distributed systems designCloud platformsData architectureREST API design

Benefits

  • 25 days of holiday per year plus option to buy another 5 days pro-rated
  • Private Healthcare via AXA, including pre-existing conditions and mental health
  • Life Insurance
  • Menopause support
  • Choice of workstation
  • Ability to work for up to 3 months per year from any country in the world (certain limitations)
  • Pension scheme
  • Training allowance up to £1000 per year
  • £200 annual allowance for home office needs or improvements
  • Enhanced family leave pay
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Regular social gatherings with a monthly allowance for each employee
  • Fun and collaborative environment with focus on making a difference in the world
Last updated Oct 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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