Software Engineer - Data team

The role

You will build and run services that ingest Kafka topics into Apache Iceberg tables on AWS. You will design and build a governed lakehouse to replace an Elasticsearch-based data store.

What you will do

• Build and run services that ingest Kafka topics into Apache Iceberg tables on AWS
• Write clean, well-tested, maintainable code using AI tools
• Contribute to code reviews and shared engineering standards
• Work with data producing teams on data contracts and Avro schemas
• Build privacy and access into the platform including personal data erasure and access control
• Build the query layer behind the customer-facing data API and provide access through Athena
• Evaluate technical approaches, measure performance and cost, and document choices
• Migrate existing dashboards, reports and finance extracts onto the new platform
• Build the curated layer of shared metrics and business-ready datasets

Required qualifications

• Solid software engineering fundamentals
• Write production code and test it properly
• Work comfortably with Git and CI pipelines
• AI fluency using AI coding tools daily
• Good SQL
• Experience building or running data pipelines
• A solid grasp of data modelling
• Clear, confident communication in written and spoken English

Nice to have

• Experience running a lakehouse or data warehouse in production
• Production experience with Kafka and schemas (ideally Avro)
• Experience handling personal data, including privacy, retention and access control
• Comfortable making design decisions and explaining trade-offs
• Enjoy working closely with teams that produce data
• JVM experience (Kotlin or Java)
• Apache Iceberg
• Terraform
• AWS Lake Formation
• DuckDB

About the company

Masabi builds fare collection platforms that allow riders to buy and present tickets for public transport. Their Justride platform is used in over 250 locations globally.