Senior Platform Software Engineer
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Key details
- Salary
- $93K/yr
- Location
- Nashville, TN, United States
- Work style
- Onsite
- Level
- Senior
- Function
- Software engineering
- Focus area
- Backend
- Posted
- 3d ago
Skills
authenticationawsazurebuild automationc++ci/cdcloud computingcode reviewscomplianceconcurrencydistributed systemsfedrampgcpgitgoincident responsejavamicroservicesmultithreadingobservabilitypci dsspythonrestservice-oriented architecturesoftware designtest automation
About the role
As a Senior Platform Engineer on the Identity and Access Management (IAM) team, you’ll design, build, and maintain secure, reliable, and scalable cloud services that power our global authentication and authorization systems. You’ll contribute to the technical direction of key projects, write high-quality code, and collaborate closely with engineers across multiple teams to deliver impactful solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and maintain cloud-native services and microservices.
- Build highly available, scalable, and fault-tolerant distributed systems.
- Participate in software design reviews and contribute to technical discussions.
- Write high-quality, maintainable, and well-tested code.
- Troubleshoot production issues and participate in on-call rotations.
- Analyze system performance and implement improvements for scalability and reliability.
- Collaborate with Product Management, and partner engineering teams.
- Participate in code reviews and provide constructive technical feedback.
- Contribute to operational excellence through monitoring, automation, and documentation.
- Continuously improve engineering practices, tooling, and development processes.
Required Technical Skills
- Strong programming skills in Java, Go, C++, Python, or a similar language.
- Solid understanding of distributed systems fundamentals.
- Experience developing REST APIs and microservices.
- Knowledge of concurrency, multithreading, and asynchronous programming.
- Understanding of cloud computing concepts and service-oriented architectures.
- Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and modern development practices.
- Understanding of system security, authentication protocols, and compliance frameworks (e.g., FedRAMP, PCI DSS).
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Identity and Access Management (IAM) systems.
- Experience operating production cloud services.
- Familiarity with public cloud platforms (OCI, AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Experience with observability tools (metrics, logging, tracing).
- Experience with applied crytography.
Expectations
As Senior Platform Engineer you would be responsible for:
Technical Execution
- Independently deliver medium-sized features and enhancements.
- Break down problems into manageable technical tasks.
- Produce clean, maintainable, and production-ready code.
- Identify and fix production issues with minimal guidance.
Ownership
- Own one or more service components.
- Drive features from design through deployment.
- Take responsibility for operational health of owned components.
- Participate in i