Principal Engineer
Remote · Colombia
Job Summary
Senior Principal Engineer to shape Masabi’s platform architecture and technical direction. Define and evolve architecture standards, guide complex decisions across teams, stay hands-on in code and delivery, and contribute to API governance and technical roadmaps. Responsibilities include designing scalable, robust, cost-efficient services aligned with the platform blueprint; conducting reviews and targeted contributions; addressing architecture challenges related to scalability, performance, resilience, and cost; supporting RFP estimation and technical scoping; producing high-quality technical documentation and artefacts; and collaborating to advance engineering standards and platform direction. Ideal candidates bring distributed systems and microservices experience, leadership at Principal/Staff level, cloud experience (AWS preferred), data-architecture expertise, and strong communication skills. Location is fully remote for Colombia-based applicants.
Required Qualifications
- Experience designing and evolving distributed systems and microservices architectures
- Strong experience at Principal or Staff level or equivalent across multiple teams
- Hands-on capability to contribute in code, design, and delivery as needed
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and modern infrastructure practices
- Proven experience in data architecture (data platforms, pipelines, warehousing or data lakes)
- Ability to translate loosely defined problems into clear, actionable technical approaches
- Strong communication and ability to produce structured documentation for technical and non-technical audiences
- Experience with REST API design in a multi-service environment
- Familiarity with containers, CI/CD tooling (Terraform, GitLab CI/CD) and infrastructure as code
- Experience with scalability, reliability, performance, and cost trade-offs
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