Senior Software Engineer - Platform Services
Develop resilient distributed backend services and engineering tooling, troubleshoot cross-team issues, and improve software delivery processes. The role requires Java and Linux proficiency, experience with REST/web APIs, and familiarity with modern infrastructure and observability practices.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Develop resilient distributed services and high-quality tooling to support product operations and engineering.
- Investigate and debug complex issues spanning teams and applications.
- Drive software delivery and improve engineering processes used to develop and release software.
Requirements
- Work independently with a bias for action.
- Thrive in ambiguous spaces without a clear solution.
- Enjoy investigating new problems and unfamiliar codebases.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Proven backend software engineering experience.
- Proficiency developing with server-side object-oriented languages such as Java.
- Proficiency with Linux.
- Familiarity with CI/CD, monitoring, logging, containers, Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code.
- Familiarity with HTTP, REST, and web APIs.
Skills
Java, Linux, CI/CD, Monitoring, Logging, Containers, Kubernetes, Infrastructure As Code, Http, REST APIs, Web Apis, Distributed Systems
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