Senior Software Engineer - Platforms Team
Forward is currently seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to work as part of our Platforms team. You will play a critical role in designing, developing, and scaling the core backend services and infrastructure that support our SaaS and on-prem deployments. Your contributions will have a direct impact on the stability, performance, and scalability of our platform, helping to ensure an exceptional experience for our customers.
Responsibilities:
Platform development: Contribute to the design and development of storage systems, job scheduling systems, data ingestion frameworks, monitoring frameworks etc to ensure high system performance and availability.
Feature development: Build and maintain backend frameworks that support essential platform features
Scalability & Reliability: Develop scalable, high-performing, and reliable services optimized for handling complex workloads, and high-traffic loads.
Monitoring & Visibility: Develop and improve monitoring and logging frameworks to provide deep visibility into system performance, reliability, and application health.
Collaboration: Collaborate with cross functional teams across our US and India offices.
Read our blog to know more about the type of work we are doing: https://forwardnetworks.com/scaling/
Requirements:
BS in Computer Science or related degree; MS or PhD preferred
7+ years of full lifecycle software development experience
Deep expertise in Java (version 17 or later) and hands-on experience with Spring or other similar frameworks.
Strong object-oriented design and development skills
Hands on experience with containerization and Kubernetes
Several years of backend experience with Java, C++ or similar languages
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Nice to Haves:
Experience with REST APIs, as well as with frameworks such as Spring or Hibernate
Big Data and NoSQL experience
NOTE: experience in the networking domain is NOT a requirement for this role but is a plus.
This position is a regular, full-time opportunity with Forward in Bangalore, India.