Senior Platform Engineer

We are seeking a Sr. Platform Engineer to join our growing team!

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Software Engineer to join our dynamic engineering team. In this role, you will design, develop, and optimize scalable backend systems using a modern tech stack. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will work closely with product and cross-functional teams to deliver high-performance, resilient, and secure systems that power our core platform systems. Your expertise in distributed systems and cloud-native technologies will be essential to the success of the team and the business.

A Day in the Life

• Backend System Design and Architecture: Lead the design and development of scalable, high-performance backend systems with a focus on reliability and maintainability.
• Backend Development: Build and maintain REST APIs and microservices using Python, leveraging the FastAPI framework, to integrate with various external systems and services.
• Messaging and Streaming: Work with Apache Kafka or Pulsar for building reliable, real-time data streaming pipelines and message-driven architectures.
• OLAP & Data Management: Develop solutions utilizing OLAP databases like StarRocks to support fast, analytical queries over large datasets. Optimize data ingestion and processing pipelines for high performance and low latency.
• Non-Relational Databases: Design and manage non-relational databases such as MongoDB, handling schema design, query optimization, and scaling issues to ensure performance at scale.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Utilize AWS for deploying, scaling, and managing cloud resources, including EC2, S3, Elastic Beanstalk, EKS, and other managed services.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Implement infrastructure automation, ensuring consistent and scalable deployment of environments.
• Containerization and Orchestration: Leverage Kubernetes for deploying, managing, and scaling containerized applications in a cloud-native environment.
• Collaboration & Mentorship: Work closely with junior developers and provide technical leadership and mentorship on best practices, code quality, and system design principles.
• Continuous Improvement: Contribute to the evolution of engineering processes and practices, focusing on improving system performance, security, and efficiency. 
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• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience: 5+ years of experience in R&D architecture and integration 
• Strong proficiency in using web frameworks such as Flask, Django, or FastAPI to build and maintain RESTful APIs.
• Experience with distributed messaging systems like Apache Kafka or Pulsar for building real-time data streaming pipelines.
• Experience in OLAP databases (e.g., StarRocks, ClickHouse) and experience with high-performance data storage, querying, and analytics.
• Solid experience working with NoSQL databases like MongoDB or similar, with a focus on scalability and performance optimization.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, Elastic Beanstalk, EKS, etc.) and cloud-native application development.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (such as Terraform), automating deployments and infrastructure management.
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and container orchestration using Kubernetes.
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills, particularly in distributed systems.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git), and agile development practices.
• Growth mindset with a commitment to continuous learning.
• Ability to communicate complex technical ideas clearly and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

About Us

Momentive Software amplifies the impact of over 30,000 purpose-driven organizations in over 30 countries. Mission–driven organizations and associations rely on the company’s cloud-based software and services to solve their most critical challenges: engage the people they serve, simplify operations, and grow revenue. Built with reliability at the core and strategically focused on events, careers, fundraising, financials, and operations, our solutions suite is bound by a common purpose to serve the organizations that make our communities a better place to live. Learn more at communitybrands.com.

Why work here?

Good People, Doing Good Things: Employees at Momentive Software are techies and volunteers who strive to make the Company a great place to work. We dream big and are motivated to help our customers use the technology we create to improve the world around us.

• Planned Paid Time Off  
• Purpose-Driven Culture  
• Work-Life Balance  

• Passionate About Community Involvement  
• Company Paid Parental Leave 

 
All persons hired will be required to: 

• Verify their identity, 
• Verify they are eligible to work (without sponsorship) in the country they are to be employed in, and 

• Complete any required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. 

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