Colombia Remote (Country) Full-time

Masabi is hiring a Principal Engineer (Payments)

Requirements

  • Strong experience working on payment systems, including integrations with PSPs, gateways or acquirers
  • Good understanding of payment flows, transaction lifecycles and system design considerations
  • Experience designing and evolving distributed systems and microservices architectures
  • You’ve operated at Principal or Staff level, shaping technical direction across multiple teams or domains
  • Strong judgement and the ability to balance short-term delivery with long-term architectural outcomes
  • Comfortable navigating ambiguity and turning complex problems into clear, practical technical approaches
  • Clear and thoughtful communicator, able to engage both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Comfortable being hands-on where needed, while maintaining a focus on system-level impact
  • You have strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and modern infrastructure practices
  • You’ve worked on systems where scale, reliability, performance and cost trade-offs matter, and can navigate those decisions thoughtfully
  • You’ve contributed to engineering standards, architecture patterns or platform direction
  • Interest in or exposure to AI-enabled systems, particularly understanding architectural implications in production

Nice to Have

  • Experience with transit payments (e.g. contactless EMV, tap-to-ride systems)
  • Familiarity with card schemes (e.g. Visa, Mastercard, Interac)
  • Experience working in complex, multi-service or event-driven architectures
  • Familiarity with a range of tools and technologies including:
  • Development: Kotlin, Java
  • Data storage: DynamoDB, MySQL
  • Infrastructure as code and CI/CD: Terraform, GitLab CI/CD

Additional Information

  • 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 of up to $750 USD and $250 USD to spend on your home office every year
About company
Masabi
Masabi drives the fare payment revolution, powering the journeys of millions worldwide. The company builds fare collection platforms that allow riders to buy and present tickets for public transport on mobile phones, from ticket machines, or by tapping bank cards. Its Justride platform is used in over 250 locations globally, including some of the world's largest cities.
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Job Details
Department Engineering, Architecture
Category backend
Posted 10 days ago