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Principal Engineer - Platform & Data

Masabi· Engineering
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RemoteFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Senior technical leader focused on shaping Masabi’s platform and data architecture, guiding architecture decisions across teams, and contributing hands-on where needed to deliver scalable, cost-efficient services with an emphasis on data architecture.

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
  • Worked on systems where scale, reliability, performance and cost trade-offs matter, and can navigate those decisions thoughtfully
  • 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 clear, actionable technical approaches
  • Clear and effective communication with 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 understanding architectural implications in production

Skills

Required:Distributed systems designTechnical leadershipCloud platforms (AWS preferred)Data architectureREST API designDocumentationCommunication
Nice to have:AI system awareness

Benefits

  • 15 days paid vacation in the year plus 18 public holidays
  • Private Healthcare
  • Monthly team bonding allowance
  • Menopause support
  • Choice of a workstation
  • Ability to work for up to 3 months per year from any country in the world
  • Fun and collaborative environment with a focus on making a difference in the world
  • Training allowance up to $750 USD and $250 USD for home office per year
Last updated Oct 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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