Senior Software Developer, Distributed Systems & Data Platform
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30+ days ago
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Job Summary
Caseware is one of Canadas original Fintech companies having led the global audit and accounting software industry for over 30 years with more than 500000 users across 130 countries and available in 16 different languages. While you might not have heard of us (yet) over 36000 accounting and audit professionals list Caseware as a skill on their LinkedIn profiles!
AtCaseware we are evolving our cloud platform to deliver intelligent data-driven experiences that help our customers work smarter faster and with greater confidence. As we expandCasewareCloud with advanceddata analytics and AI-powered agentic capabilities we are investing in a modern scalable data platform that serves as the foundation for insight automation and trust.
As aSeniorSoftware Developer -Data Engineer you will play a key role in shaping andoperatingthe data infrastructure that powersCasewareCloud. You will design and build reliable data pipelines that move data from our transactional systems into analytics and AI-ready platforms enable real-time and event-driven data flows and support production-grade AI systems such as retrieval-augmented generation and agent orchestration.
In this role you will take ownership of complex data engineering solutions end-to-end influence architectural direction through technical leadership and proof-of-concepts and help ensure our data and AI platforms are secure scalable and operationally excellent. You will collaborate closely with platform AI DevOps and product teams to translate emerging technologies into durable capabilities that directlyimpactcustomers acrossCasewarescloud ecosystem.
Location: This is a fully remote position located in Colombia.
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What you will be doing:
- Design build andoperatereliable ETL/ELT and ingestionpipelinesmoving data from transactional systems into analytics/AI-ready platforms.
- Improve end-to-enddata-lake foundations: storage layout partitioning schema evolution/versioning lineage cataloging and delta synchronization.
- Build andoperateevent-driven data flowsthat power real-time integrations and AI agent orchestration.
- Help scaleretrieval workflows(vector storage/indexing embedding pipelines RAG-adjacent data flows) that support production-grade AI capabilities.
- Strengthen reliability across services andpipelines:retries backoff DLQs idempotency reconciliation and operational observability.
- Lead pragmatic modernization: reduce accidental coupling between business logic and infrastructure improve contracts and make systems easier to run locally andoperatein production.
- Partner across Platform/AI/DevOps/Product; lead proof-of-concepts and translate results into durable platform capabilities.
- Participate in an on-call rotation and drive post-incident improvements (post-mortems root cause analysis and prevention).
Yourea great fit if you sound like one of these profiles
Profile A (most common):Backend/platform engineer who is strong in JVM distributed systems and has shipped real data workflows (Spark/EMR/Glue exposure).
Profile B:Data engineer who has built pipelinesandis comfortable owning services async messaging semantics and production operationsnot only transformations.
What youll bring:
- Strong software engineering fundamentals: designing maintainable testable systems and owning features end-to-end.
- Production experience with distributed systems: async workflows failure modes retries and eventual consistency.
- Hands-on experience building and owningETL/ELT pipelines including ingestion from OLTP sources into a data lake.
- Experience operating data systems in production: monitoring incident response and continuous improvement.
- Cloud experience on AWS building production systems (not just using services): storage messaging orchestration.
- Strong collaboration and communication; ability to mentor and raise engineering maturity through reviews and design discussions.
- Strong English language communication and collaboration skills
Strongly preferred (high-signal)
- JVM-first data processing experience (Java/Kotlin/Scala) with Spark-based workloads.
- Experience with schema evolution and data contracts (versioning strategies backfills compatibility).
- Operational ownership of pipeline reliability: replay safety DLQ patterns reconciliation lineage thinking.
- IaCexperience (CDK preferred; CloudFormation/Terraform acceptable).
The Tech Stack Youll Work With:
- JVM services (Java 21 / Springmicroservices) andsome Python.
- AWS: EKS Lambda; storage/messaging/catalog primitives (S3 DynamoDB SNS/SQS Lake Formation Glue Catalog).
- Search/retrieval: OpenSearch Serverless and related vector storage/retrieval components.
- Tooling: GitHub/GitHub ActionsNxmonorepo Jira/Confluence.
Why this role exists
Casewareis evolvingCasewareCloud to deliver intelligent data-driven experiencespowering analytics automation and AI/agentic capabilities on top of a modern data platform.
This role is for someone who can bridgetransactional backend systemsanddata-intensive distributed workflows.Youllwork on systems that combine:
APIs and domain services(microservices relational modeling service boundaries)
Asynchronous workflows(messaging retries idempotency replay safety)
Distributed/batch data processing(Spark-based processing and lake patterns)
Cloud platform primitives(AWS orchestration and managed services)
AI-ready retrieval workflows(embedding vector retrieval pipelines)
What success looks like (first 612 months)
Improved reliability and operability of ingestion async workflows (clearer idempotency/replay patterns fewer recurring incidents).
Cleaner boundaries between orchestration/control-plane concerns and data-processing execution concerns.
Better observability across APIs queues workflows and distributed jobs.
Clearer data contracts and more predictable schema evolution practices.
Tangible improvements in developer experience (local run testing reduced environment-only hacks).
Perks & Benefits
- Contrato a termino Indefinido with all the legal benefits
- Prepaid Medicine
- Life insurance and funeral assistance
- Internet allowance
- Home office stipend
- Competitive compensation above the market average
- 100% remote work environment and an excellent work-life balance
- Opportunity to work for a growing global SaaS leader company
- A culture that promotes independence innovation trust and accountability
- Open space to be creative innovative and strategize for the future
- Mentorship by highly experienced professional
- Budget for training we want you to grow
- 5 Personal Time Off days per year
- Sick Leave Top up to total 100% of salary paid by the employer from Day 3 to 90.
- Recognition Award additional paid time off in recognition of the corresponding year of service
- Upgrade vacation starting at 5 years of service
Whats in it for you:
Innovation is at our core. We work with cutting-edge technology in accounting and financial reporting constantly pushing the boundaries to create impactful software solutions.
We are committed to a collaborative culture where your ideas are valued and knowledge sharing is encouraged within a supportive inclusive team.
Work-life balance is important to us. We offer flexible work options remote opportunities and generous time-off policies to ensure a healthy work-life balance.
We offer competitive compensation including a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits such as health insurance and retirement plans.
We are driven by impactful work. Your contributions directly affect how our clients manage financial processes and drive their success.
Recognition and rewards matter to us. We celebrate hard work through recognition programs performance bonuses and opportunities for career growth.
We embrace global opportunities. Work on international projects and collaborate with a diverse global team.
About Caseware:
Casewares cutting-edge software products are meticulously designed for accounting firms corporations and teams are continually collaborating innovating and building upon our existing suite of products. With a customer-focused mindset we are building technology that is shaping what the future of audits financial reporting and financial data analytics will look like.
With a recent strategic investment from Hg Capital in 2020 Caseware is now in its next major growth phase as we double down on the people and products that have made Caseware so successful to date.
One of Casewares core values is Many Voices One Team and with that in mind were dedicated to building teams as diverse as our customers in an equitable and inclusive way. We welcome and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. Should you require accommodations or have any questions at any point during the application or interview process please e-mail our People Operations team at emailprotected.
Background Check:
Any candidates successful in obtaining an offer for a position will need to successfully complete a background check through which typically includes an Identity Verification and Criminal Record Check. Executives and Senior Managers will undergo a Soft Credit Check as well. Candidates residingin the Netherlands and Germany are excluded from undergoing background checks via
Security and Fraud:
Caseware takes the security of candidates seriously. All legitimate communication from us will come from email addresses ending in @ and our open positions are always listed on reputable job boards and on our website We will NEVER ask for payment or financial information from you. If you receive an unsolicited job offer proceed with extreme caution.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Spring
- .NET
- C/C++
- Go
- React
- OOP
- C#
- AWS
- Data Structures
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
About Company
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