Senior Platform Engineer

Examplecorpsandbox; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Examplecorpsandbox in Boston, Massachusetts, is looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join our App Platform team. This role involves various responsibilities, including system architecture, development, and consulting with server teams to ensure effective infrastructure use.

Applicants should have over 5 years of experience in software engineering, strong Java skills, and a solid understanding of data structures. The position offers opportunities for innovation and leadership in technology solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and framework internals.
• Ability to speak and write clearly and concisely.

Responsibilities

• Architect system structures and ensure they fit together.
• Write production-ready code for server teams.
• Consult with teams to understand their needs and provide infrastructure support.

Skills

Java knowledge

Experience with scalable web applications

Data structures and algorithms understanding

Creative problem solving

Clear communication

Tools

MySQL

Cassandra

Kafka

ActiveMQ

Job description

What You’ll Work On

As a member of the App Platform team you get to play a few different roles:

• 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 the 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