Masabi
Principal Engineer
Canada - East Coast · Principal
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 16 days ago
JavaKotlinDistributed SystemsGitMySQLDynamoDBSnowflakeDatabricksAWSCloud PlatformsTerraformCI/CDAPI DevelopmentRESTKafkaSparkRoadmapping
About the role
- Working across the engineering organisation, you'll act as a senior technical leader: defining and evolving architecture, guiding complex decisions, and contributing hands-on where it matters most.
- The role suits someone who can move between system-level thinking and implementation, someone who understands trade-offs, can navigate ambiguity, and helps turn complex or loosely defined problems into clear, practical technical approaches.
Responsibilities
- Menopause support
- $50 CAD per month for team building activities
- Encouraged to Accelerate - Masabi is going places and our people are in the driving seat. Whether you're taking the direct route or exploring new paths, we support your journey.
Requirements
- This is a senior role for someone who combines deep technical expertise with strong judgement and the ability to operate across teams.
Nice to have
- Shape Masabi's platform architecture, including platform blueprint definition, standards and best practices
- 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
- 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
Compensation
- 20 days of vacation per year (in addition to public holidays). On top of this, our office is shut every year between Christmas and New Year, totaling a whopping 28+ days of vacation
- Training allowance of up to CAD$1300 per year
- CAD$325 per year to spend on your home office
- Ability to work for up to 3 months per year from any country in the world
Benefits
- Private Healthcare and Life Insurance
- Enhanced family leave
- Advancing with Empathy - We put people first and foster a culture of learning, not blame.
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