Application Platform Engineer

Examplecorpsandbox; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Examplecorpsandbox is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in New York to architect and develop scalable web applications. With a focus on long-term stability, you will collaborate with server teams regarding infrastructure needs.

Ideal candidates have over 5 years of software engineering experience and strong Java knowledge. Familiarity with databases and messaging systems is a plus.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• Strong Java knowledge.
• Experience with high traffic, scalable web applications.

Responsibilities

• Architecting the system fit.
• Writing code for prototyping and production.
• Consulting with server teams for infrastructure needs.

Skills

Java knowledge

Creative thinking

Communication skills

Tools

MySQL

Cassandra

Kafka

ActiveMQ

Job description

What You’ll Work On

• Architect: We are the ones that know how our large system should fit together.
• Developer: We write lots of code. Some is purely for prototyping and what passes the prototyping phase is made ready for production and used by nearly all server teams.
• Consultant: We work closely with all the server teams to understand their needs and lend assistance with the infrastructure we have built.
• Leader: We need to be vocal about our experiences to internal teams as well as the outside world through blog posts, presentations and open source contributions.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer
• Strong Java knowledge
• Experience working with high traffic, scalable web applications
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and framework internals
• Ability to speak and write clearly and concisely
• Ability to think creatively about solutions with a focus on long‑term stability of our system.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience with SOA
• Experience with at least one relational database (e.g., MySQL) and one NoSQL database (e.g., Cassandra)
• Familiarity with asynchronous messaging systems, such as Kafka and ActiveMQ
• DevOps experience