ApplySarthiSenior Software Engineer - Platforms Team
Forward
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Practise the Senior Software Engineer - Platforms Team at Forward interview free →Forward was founded in 2013 by four Stanford Ph.D.s, building the industry's first network digital twin: a mathematically accurate model of the production network. It's the foundation for autonomous networking, giving engineers and AI agents the ability to know the impact of every change before it touches production. That founding instinct still defines how we work. We're accurate and evidence-driven, relentless about clarity, and we'd rather be certain than comfortable, building a groundbreaking platform that transforms how teams run and secure networks across every major cloud and vendor environment.
Global leaders like Goldman Sachs, PayPal, S&P Global, IBM, and Dell trust Forward, alongside fast-growing enterprises and government agencies, realizing an average of $14.2 million in annual benefits, according to IDC. Backed by top-tier investors, including A. Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Goldman Sachs, MSD Partners, Omega Venture Partners, Section 32, and Threshold Ventures, and headquartered in Santa Clara, we're most proud of our team: curious people who'd rather build what doesn't exist than accept how things have always been done.
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.
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