Principal Engineer (Payments)

Remote: yes Posted: 2026-06-04

- Shape the technical direction of Masabi’s payments platform, contributing to architecture, standards and engineering best practices

- Design and deliver scalable, secure, resilient and cost-effective payment solutions aligned with Masabi’s platform direction

- Support teams in building towards a modern, microservices-based architecture while balancing delivery priorities and long-term platform health

- Stay close to technical delivery through architecture reviews, design discussions and targeted hands-on contribution where needed

- Identify and work through complex technical challenges related to scalability, resilience, operational performance and system evolution

- Act as a senior technical advisor across engineering teams, supporting and influencing technical decisions, particularly within the payments domain

- Work with external providers and payment partners on integrations, technical alignment and problem-solving

- Contribute to technical roadmap planning, prioritisation, technical scoping and architecture discussions for complex initiatives

- Produce clear technical documentation and contribute to engineering standards, technical forums and good practices across the organisation

- Experience with transit systems or fare payment systems (e.g. 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

// You don’t need to have experience in every area listed above. If you bring strong fundamentals, good judgement and a willingness to learn, we’d still love to hear from you.