Senior Platform Software Engineer (People Systems Platform)

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Platform Software Engineer for a People Systems platform

Description

Engineer a configuration-driven People Systems platform where data models, rules, workflows, permissions, screens, and reports are versioned configuration interpreted at runtime. Make architectural decisions that balance fast delivery with long-term platform health, and build scalable, secure, resilient systems by design. Work closely with product managers and cross-functional teams, asking “why” before “how,” to ship simplicity for complex, distributed problems.

Responsibilities

• Shape the technical strategy for People Systems with a focus on platforms where configuration is the product
• Build a runtime-interpreted configuration platform used by hundreds of components as one system
• Balance delivery speed with platform health through sound architectural decisions
• Collaborate with product managers and engineering teams to deeply understand problems
• Ensure platform scalability, security, and resilience

Requirements

• 4+ years of professional backend or platform engineering building scalable distributed systems
• 4+ years experience building or contributing to configuration-driven or metadata-driven platforms used by multiple teams (metadata models, multi-tenancy, extensibility, versioned APIs)
• 4+ years of development in TypeScript or Java (21+) with Spring Boot (or equivalent), microservices patterns, and async programming (virtual threads, coroutines, or reactive)
• 4+ years distributed systems knowledge (consistency, fault tolerance, partitioning, failure-mode analysis)
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience

Benefits

Work on a People Systems and platform engineering team where configuration is the product and shipped at global scale.