Principal Generalist Engineer

Moniepoint · Remote, Spain · Remote · Full Time

• Posted 1 October 2026
• Closes 31 October 2026
• Data & Tech

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About the role

This is a principal-level engineering role within the R&D team focused on designing and operating scalable production systems from end to end. Candidates need deep expertise in distributed systems, strong computer science fundamentals across multiple programming languages, and practical familiarity with infrastructure tools like Linux and Kubernetes. Experience building data pipelines and pragmatically applying machine learning models is also vital.

Skills they are looking for

• Distributed Systems
• Go
• Java
• Python
• Kubernetes
• Machine Learning
• System Design
• Linux

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