Low-Latency Data Platform Engineer (Cassandra, AWS)

BCforward; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

BCforward in Jersey City is seeking a senior platform engineer to design, build, and operate the low-latency data services stack. You will own end-to-end performance, from Cassandra data modeling to AWS-backed Java microservices, collaborating with application teams to meet SLA commitments.

The role emphasizes distributed systems, Terraform, Kubernetes, Kafka, Spark, and CI/CD practices, with a focus on latency, reliability, and security. Onsite location in Jersey City, NJ.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
• 5+ years of applied experience with production systems.
• Deep hands-on Cassandra data modeling and performance tuning.
• AWS experience with ECS and Lambda in production.
• Java and/or Python with Spring Boot and gRPC.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve the platform's data layer on Cassandra with schema design and capacity planning.
• Tune Cassandra for performance and stability, including compaction and read/write path tuning.
• Deliver system design, development, testing, and operational stability on AWS.
• Build and support Java microservices with Spring Boot and REST/gRPC APIs.
• Build data pipelines with Kafka and Spark; deploy on AWS with ECS, Lambda, Glue, S3; manage Kubernetes workloads.
• Define infra as code with Terraform; monitor latency and conduct load tests.
• Collaborate with customers and internal teams to meet performance expectations.
• Contribute to platform reliability through CI/CD, observability, and incident response.
• Leverage AI coding assistants to improve productivity and code quality.

Skills

Cassandra data modeling

Performance tuning

AWS (ECS, Lambda)

Java

Python

Spring Boot

Kafka

Spark

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Latency & SLAs

Education

Software engineering fundamentals training

Tools

Apache Cassandra

Apache Kafka

Apache Spark

Terraform

Kubernetes

AWS ECS

AWS Lambda

Spring Boot

Java

Python

Job description

BCforward in Jersey City is seeking a senior platform engineer to design, build, and operate the low-latency data services stack. You will own end-to-end performance, from Cassandra data modeling to AWS-backed Java microservices, collaborating with application teams to meet SLA commitments.

The role emphasizes distributed systems, Terraform, Kubernetes, Kafka, Spark, and CI/CD practices, with a focus on latency, reliability, and security. Onsite location in Jersey City, NJ.