Platform Engineer

Role Summary

Senior backend/platform engineer responsible for scalable cloud services that orchestrate sessions, authentication/authorization, and system integrations for real-time applications.

Key Responsibilities

Design and implement backend services and APIs using Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and microservices architecture for session management, user/role models, and workflow orchestration

. Implement authentication and authorization using Spring Security, OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, RBAC, and secure token/session management patterns for distributed applications

Build reliable service-to-service integrations and event-driven components using REST and async messaging, where applicable

Design for scalability and resilience: retries, idempotency, rate-limits, graceful degradation

Integrate with media systems (signaling, session lifecycle, metadata) in collaboration with WebRTC engineers

Implement operational readiness: logging, metrics, alerts, and runbooks

Support environment configuration and deployment practices with DevOps counterparts

Must-have Skills & Experience

6-10 years in backend engineering in Java

. Strong hands-on experience with Spring Boot, REST APIs, and microservices.

Experience building production APIs and distributed services

. Experience in session management, workflow orchestration, and distributed service communication.

Strong understanding of scalability, reliability, and security fundamentals

Hands-on experience with cloud services (AWS preferred) and production operations

Proficiency with data stores and caching patterns appropriate to the use case

Good-to-have / Bonus

Experience with real-time signaling and session orchestration

Experience with event-driven architectures (queues/streams)

Familiarity with container orchestration and service meshes

Experience implementing audit trails and operational governance patterns