Senior Platform Engineer — Scale, Data & Observability

Roberts Recruiting, LLC; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking tech company in Cambridge is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the technical strategy for their platform infrastructure. You will enhance core systems that power e-commerce, analytics, and data solutions, working with a team to deliver high-quality features. Ideal candidates have over 8 years of experience, a strong background in distributed systems, and expertise in Java and MySQL.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience.
• Fluent in at least one programming language, preferably on the JVM.
• Deep understanding of distributed messaging systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical strategy and platform roadmap.
• Define and implement core infrastructure.
• Mentor other engineers and roll out platform updates.

Skills

Engineering experience

Distributed systems

Java programming

MySQL expertise

Data-driven decision-making

Education

BS degree in Computer Science

Tools

Java

Elasticsearch

Kafka

Docker

Job description

Our Platform/Infrastructure team is hiring a Senior Software Engineer. The Platform plays a key roletooperate at scale. We aremodernizingourtechnologyplatformand are looking to define key architectural capabilities, guide development teams on their successful implementation, and ensure the stability, security and scalability of our systems.

What You'll Do:

You will work within our Platformteam to lead the technical strategy, design, implement and enhance ourcore infrastructure.This infrastructure includes, but is not limited to, search and storage solutions, data pipelines, observability systemsand developertooling.Our site functions range from e-commerce, B2B, Analytics, and Data.

As a Senior Software Engineer, Platform you will:

• Work on newand existingprojects such asour data streaming platform, container & micro-services infrastructure, and distributed search systems.
• Define our platform roadmap
• Deliver features consistently
• Work with other teams to roll out platform updates and mentor other engineers
• Have a largeimpact in deliveringa high-quality development environment with great quality code and products

Who You Are:

• Have 8+ years of engineering experience
• BS degree or higher in Computer Science or related field
• Experienced with distributed,high performance and loosely coupled systems
• Have a deep understandingof distributedmessagingsystems, modern search engines and various data storage and retrieval techniques
• Fluent in at least one programming language, preferably on the JVM
• Expertise with MySQL or other relational databases
• Biased towards using data to arrive at decisions