Senior Software Engineer, Platform
Senior engineer on a Platform/Infrastructure team at an e-commerce company, defining the platform roadmap and building core infrastructure at scale — data streaming, containerized microservices, distributed search, storage, observability, and developer tooling. Stack centers on Java/Spring, Kafka, Elasticsearch, MySQL/MongoDB, Docker, and Jenkins.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must 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
- Deep understanding of distributed messaging systems, modern search engines and data storage/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
Full description
Our Platform/Infrastructure team is hiring a Senior Software Engineer. The Platform plays a key role to operate at scale. We are modernizing our technology platform and 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 Platform team to lead the technical strategy, design, implement and enhance our core infrastructure. This infrastructure includes, but is not limited to, search and storage solutions, data pipelines, observability systems and developer tooling. Our site functions range from e-commerce, B2B, Analytics, and Data.
As a Senior Software Engineer, Platform you will:
- Work on new and existing projects such as our 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 large impact in delivering a 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 understanding of distributed messaging systems, 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
Our technical environment: Java, JEE, Javascript, HTML, CSS, React, Spring, Hibernate, MySQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Kafka, Docker, Jenkins/Maven, Selenium