Senior Engineer - Product and Platform Engineering

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Date: 11 Sept 2026

Location: O'Fallon, Missouri, US

Company: Altimetrik

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  • Senior Engineer - Product and Platform Engineering, with Finance domain having 6-8 years of experience in designing and implementing scalable backend systems.
  • Advanced expertise in Java 17.
  • Advanced expertise in Java Backend development, particularly with frameworks such as Spring Boot and Microservices.
  • Solid understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and proficiency in applying Solid Principles for writing clean, maintainable code adhering to best practices.
  • Experience with Heroku and Apache Kafka for building responsive applications capable of handling real-time data streaming.
  • Leveraging Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) for deploying and managing cloud-native applications while innovating and improving backend services.
  • Contributing to system architecture discussions and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions.
  • Good to have proficiency in JUnit for unit testing and familiarity with SonarQube for code quality analysis.
  • Excellent communication skills are essential for effective collaboration with team members and stakeholders.

Company Profile

Altimetrik delivers outcomes for our clients by rapidly enabling digital business & culture and infuse speed and agility into enterprise technology and connected solutions. We are practitioners of end-to-end business and technology transformation. We tap into an organization’s technology, people, and assets to fuel fast, meaningful results for global enterprise customers across financial services, payments, retail, automotive, healthcare, manufacturing, and other industries. Founded in 2012 and with offices across the globe, Altimetrik makes industries, leaders and Fortune 500 companies more agile, empowered and successful.Altimetrik helps get companies get “unstuck”. We’re a technology company that lives organizations a process and context to solve problems in unconventional ways. We’re a catalyst for organization’s talent and technology, helping teams push boundaries and challenge traditional approaches. We make delivery more bold, efficient, collaborative and even more enjoyable

Job Description

  1. Java Expertise: Has at least 5+ years of hands-on Java development experience, specifically in J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition). This extensive experience implies that the candidate is proficient in enterprise-grade Java applications, design patterns, and performance optimization.
  2. Microservices and REST API Proficiency: Skilled in developing web services, particularly microservices architectures, and REST APIs. This indicates a strong understanding of how to build, scale, and maintain distributed systems effectively.
  3. Database and SQL Skills: Proficient in Oracle Database, with expertise in writing complex SQL queries. This level of database knowledge is crucial for data-heavy applications and backend services.
  4. Cloud-Native and Platform Experience: Familiarity with cloud platforms, preferably AWS or Azure, as well as experience with deploying cloud-native applications. Knowledge of tools like PCF (Pivotal Cloud Foundry) demonstrates the candidate’s ability to work within cloud environments effectively.
  5. Modern Software Design Principles: Deep understanding of design principles like SOLID, DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself), and Single Responsibility. This skill shows the candidate’s commitment to writing clean, maintainable, and scalable code.
  6. Broad Technology Stack Experience: Familiar with a range of modern tools and technologies, including NiFi (data flow management), NATS (messaging system), Kafka (event streaming), Zookeeper (coordination service), Splunk (monitoring), Redis (in-memory data structure store), Cassandra (NoSQL database), and Oracle. The ability to simplify and create common libraries/interfaces for these tools is a plus.
  7. Leadership and Collaboration Skills: Experience driving end-to-end development, conducting code reviews, developing test strategies, coordinating with cross-functional teams, and resolving operational issues. This suggests that the candidate can lead and manage projects while also being a key technical contributor.
  8. Performance Optimization and Code Reviews: Skilled in performance code reviews and implementing best practices for efficient, scalable code.

Education

Bachelors in computer science or any equivalent field.