IoT Platform Engineer

Talentoindia; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

SoftClouds LLC is seeking an IoT Platform Engineer for its engineering team to work on an enterprise-grade IoT connectivity platform. The role is hands-on and focuses on data ingestion, processing, and real-time analytics at scale, with emphasis on reliability, security, and scalable architectures.

The ideal candidate will bring 14+ years of software engineering experience, deep AWS knowledge, Java 17+ and Spring Boot, plus leadership experience guiding cross-functional teams through complex

Job description

Job Overview: SoftClouds LLC is looking for a Full-Time IoT Platform Engineer with at least 14+ years of experience for the position of IoT Platform Engineer for our engineering team working on our enterprise-grade IoT connectivity platform. This is a hands-on development position implementing solutions across our IoT data ingestion platform and REST API services. Our platform processes telemetry data from construction and industrial equipment fleets, managing real-time data ingestion, processing, and analytics at scale. This is a production-grade system with sophisticated requirements around reliability, scalability, security, and real-time processing.

Technical Design & Development

• Participate in the planning, architecture, and development of software solutions, integrating AI, machine learning, and data-driven features where applicable
• Write high-quality code to develop and maintain scalable, high-performance systems, emphasizing security and long-term sustainability
• Design and implement event-driven architectures using DynamoDB Streams, EventBridge, SQS, and Kinesis
• Build serverless microservices with AWS Lambda and container-based services with ECS/Fargate
• Develop RESTful APIs using API Gateway with proper authentication, rate limiting, and caching strategies
• Optimize system performance across the entire stack including JVM tuning, connection pooling, and query optimization
• Drive deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement of systems including AI models and analytics components
• Conduct code reviews and establish coding standards across multiple repositories
• Drive technical decision-making and evangelize best practices for cloud-native development
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers, solution architects, data scientists, and external vendors
• Coordinate cross-team initiatives and integrations, driving dependency resolution and risk mitigation
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies and PI Planning
• Lead knowledge sharing around emerging technologies, AWS services, and IoT patterns

Project & Process Management

• Collaborate with stakeholders to integrate solutions into broader systems and workflows
• Monitor project progress, mitigate risks, and ensure timely, high-quality delivery
• Handle incident response and production support coordination
• Provide technical estimates and capacity planning

Troubleshooting & Optimization

• Troubleshoot performance, scalability, and security issues across distributed systems and data pipelines
• Continuously optimize system architecture, deployment pipelines, and infrastructure costs
• Implement best practices in monitoring, observability, and operational excellence (CloudWatch, X-Ray, structured logging)
• Manage technical debt and drive system modernization efforts

Strategic & Architectural Guidance

• Contribute to the organization’s long-term technical vision, emphasizing scalable architecture and responsible adoption of emerging technologies
• Architect solutions across multiple repositories and AWS services
• Make key architectural decisions regarding hybrid serverless/container architectures
• Ensure all code and infrastructure align with internal standards and security requirements
• Stay informed of industry trends, research, and emerging innovations in IoT, edge computing, and cloud technologies

Required experience:

• 14+ years of professional software engineering experience with a proven track record of delivering scalable, reliable systems
• 6+ years of hands-on AWS experience building multi-service architectures
• 5+ years in technical leadership or lead developer roles
• 3+ years managing or mentoring engineering teams
• 2+ years working with IoT platforms, real-time data systems, or telemetry processing

Required skills:

• AWS services like Lambda, API Gateway, AWS IoT Core, Dynamo DB, Open Search service, SQS/SNS, Glue, Kinesis, RedShift, ECS / Fargate, Step functions, EventBridge, CloudWatch, Systems Manager, S3 Data Lakes, Secrets Manager, X-Ray, CloudFormation/SAM, IAM, VPC, Network Load Balancer
• Proficiency in Java 17+ (5+ years of hands-on experience)
• Proficiency in Spring Boot 3.x.
• Proficiency in AWS SDK for Java v2
• Proficiency in Lombok
• Proficiency in Lambda PowerTools
• Strong knowledge of Python 3 for AWS Glue/PySpark ETL jobs and Python Shell Scripts
• Proficiency in boto3 SDK for AWS service interactions
• Proficiency in SQL
• Proficiency in OpenSearch Query DSL
• Proficiency in building RESTful APIs
• Proficiency in API Gateway Patterns, Caching strategies, Rate Limiting & Quotas, OpenSearch Integration
• Strong knowledge in OAuth2, JWT Tokens, API Keys, IAM-based auth
• Proven experience with Docker, Maven, Make, AWS ECR, WSL2 and Git
• Proven experience with Architecture Patterns like Event-Driven Architecture, Serverless Architecture, CQRS pattern, Stream processing, ETL pipelines, Microservices Architecture, Circuit Breaker Pattern, Retry Pattern, Dead Letter Queue Pattern, Queue-Based Load Leveling, Multi-Tenancy Patterns
• Strong Knowledge in IoT & Protocols like MQTT, UDP, Binary Protocol, Device Management, Telematics Domain
• Proven experience with Unit Testing (Junit 5), Mocking, Integration testing, Load testing, Contract testing
• Proven experience with Log4j2, X-Ray, Trace Analysis, Service Map, CloudWatch custom metrics, business KPIs, SLI/SLO Tracking
• Must be able to apply SDLC concepts and Agile Scrum methodologies.
• Experience with multi-environment deployment strategies
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and testable code.
• Experience with CI/CD with GitHub Actions
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Has a proven track record of delivering solid, robust applications.
• Configure IDE and web application server for remote debugging.
• Conceptual design of technical solutions providing a framework for detailed design.
• Understanding of the unique business and technical requirements on each of our engagements to facilitate both communications and the most appropriate solution design.
• Detailed design, development and unit / integration testing utilizing the appropriate methodologies, technology, and tools.
• Ability to produce client deliverables such as detailed design documentation, unit test plans and well documented code and ensure deliverables are of the highest quality to promote client satisfaction.
• The candidate should also possess strong oral and written communication, problem-solving skills and should be a team player.
• Knowledge of current technologies and application software development.
• Enthusiasm, attention to detail, and ability to work on a variety of projects are necessary.
• This position also requires excellent time management skills.
• Proficiency in Groovy for scripting and utilities
• Proficiency in Binary Protocol parsing
• Proven experience with Data Engineering and Analytics like Snowflake, Liquibase, Apache Spark/PySpark
• Analytical and problem-solving skills are required.
• Familiarity with security standards and best practices in application development.
• Knowledge of encryption techniques.
• Knowledge of Linux

Education:

• Requires a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in engineering preferable Computer Science/Engineering.