Romania Remote (Country) Full-time

Masabi is hiring a Principal Engineer

Requirements

  • You bring strong 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
  • You are comfortable staying hands-on, contributing in code, design and delivery when needed
  • 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 have proven experience in data architecture (e.g. data platforms, pipelines, warehousing or data lakes)
  • You can take loosely defined (early stage) business or technical problems and turn them into clear, actionable technical approaches
  • You communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively, and produce structured documentation that helps both technical and non-technical audiences make decisions
  • 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 REST API design in complex, multi-service environments
  • Experience breaking monolithic applications into microservices architectures
  • Experience with event-driven architectures (e.g. Kafka, schema governance)
  • Experience improving cloud cost and system efficiency at scale
  • 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

  • 25 days holiday per year plus the Christmas Shutdown (another 3-4 days)
  • Premium medical care via Regina Maria
  • Mental health support
  • Menopause support
  • Regular social gatherings with a monthly allowance for each employee
  • Up to €1000 training budget per year
  • €200 to spend on your home office
  • Choice of workstation
  • Ability to work for up to 3 months per year from any country in the world
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 other
Posted 10 days ago