Senior Software Developer, Distributed Systems & Data Platform

TLDR

Shape and operate a scalable data platform that powers Caseware Cloud, integrating data workflows and AI capabilities to transform financial reporting processes.

Caseware is one of Canada's original Fintech companies, having led the global audit and accounting software industry for over 30 years, with more than 500,000 users across 130 countries and available in 16 different languages. While you might not have heard of us (yet) over 36,000 accounting and audit professionals list Caseware as a skill on their LinkedIn profiles! At Caseware, 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 expand Caseware Cloud with advanced data 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 a Senior Software Developer - Data Engineer, you will play a key role in shaping and operating the data infrastructure that powers Caseware Cloud. 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 directly impact customers across Caseware’s cloud ecosystem.    📍 Location: This is a fully remote position located in Colombia.    Contact Maira Russo - Senior Talent Acquisition Partner What you will be doing:
    • Design, build, and operate reliable ETL/ELT and ingestion pipelines moving data from transactional systems into analytics/AI-ready platforms.  

    • Improve end-to-end data-lake foundations: storage layout, partitioning, schema evolution/versioning, lineage, cataloging, and delta synchronization.  

    • Build and operate event-driven data flows that power real-time integrations and AI agent orchestration.  

    • Help scale retrieval workflows (vector storage/indexing, embedding pipelines, RAG-adjacent data flows) that support production-grade AI capabilities.  

    • Strengthen reliability across services and pipelines: 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 and operate in 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).  

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      You’re a 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 pipelines and is comfortable owning services, async messaging semantics, and production operations—not only transformations. 

  • What you’ll 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 owning ETL/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. 

    • IaC experience (CDK preferred; CloudFormation/Terraform acceptable). 

  • The Tech Stack You’ll Work With:
    • JVM services (Java 21+ / Spring microservices) and some 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 Actions, Nx monorepo, Jira/Confluence.  

  • Why this role exists

    Caseware is evolving Caseware Cloud to deliver intelligent, data-driven experiences—powering analytics, automation, and AI/agentic capabilities on top of a modern data platform.  

    This role is for someone who can bridge transactional backend systems and data-intensive distributed workflows. You’ll work 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 6–12 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
  • What's 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:
    Caseware's cutting-edge software products are meticulously designed for accounting firms, corporations, and governments. Our 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 Caseware's core values is Many Voices, One Team and with that in mind, we're 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 [email protected].

    Background Check:
    Any candidates successful in obtaining an offer for a position will need to successfully complete a background check through Certn.co which typically includes an Identity Verification and Criminal Record Check. Executives and Senior Managers will undergo a Soft Credit Check as well. Candidates residing in the Netherlands and Germany are excluded from undergoing background checks via Certn.co 

    Security and Fraud:
    Caseware takes the security of candidates seriously. All legitimate communication from us will come from email addresses ending in @caseware.com and our open positions are always listed on reputable job boards and on our website https://jobs.lever.co/caseware. We will NEVER ask for payment or financial information from you. If you receive an unsolicited job offer, proceed with extreme caution.   

    Benefits

    Health Insurance

    Prepaid Medicine, Life insurance and funeral assistance

    Home Office Stipend

    Upgrade Vacation

    Upgrade vacation starting at 5 years of service

    Paid Time Off

    5 Personal Time Off days per year

    CaseWare develops sophisticated software solutions tailored for accounting firms, corporations, and government entities. With a global reach and over 30 years of expertise, we empower users to optimize audits and financial reporting, transforming complex data into actionable insights.

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