Technical strategy and software engineering for SaaS and data infrastructure
SPAN Digital is a 51–200-person engineering services firm built around Scala, Java, Spark, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure, Databricks, Kubernetes). The tech stack and project mix—petabyte-scale migrations, data lineage systems, batch/streaming pipelines—reveal a deep specialization in enterprise data platform work. Hiring is accelerating with senior and principal-level roles open in engineering and data across South Africa and Mexico, suggesting they're scaling delivery capacity for complex, multi-month infrastructure engagements.
SPAN Digital is a technical strategy and software engineering firm founded in 2013, headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Guadalajara and Cape Town. The firm serves mid-market and enterprise clients—both scaling startups and large companies—by conceptualizing, developing, and deploying SaaS solutions and data infrastructure systems. Core capabilities span software engineering strategy, DevOps, data science, and analytics. Current project focus centers on enterprise data challenges: large-scale migrations, privacy enhancement, data lineage validation, and streaming/batch pipeline development. The organization is structured around engineering and data disciplines and operates a distributed, collaborative model across three continents.
Primary languages: Scala and Java. Big data: Apache Spark, HDFS, Databricks, Apache Iceberg. Cloud: AWS, GCP, Azure. Orchestration: Kubernetes, AWS EKS. Build tools: Gradle, Maven. Data formats: Parquet, Avro.
Petabyte-scale data migrations, data lineage mapping and validation systems, streaming and batch processing pipelines, enterprise data retention, and privacy enhancement projects for large organizations.
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