Senior Software Engineer - Platforms Team

Full-time2026-10-13 → 2026-11-09

Core

Design, develop, and scale core backend services and infrastructure for a SaaS and on-prem network digital twin platform.

Role type

Senior Backend Software Engineer (Platforms)

Builds

Storage systems, job scheduling systems, data ingestion frameworks, monitoring frameworks, and backend services.

Domain

Cloud infrastructure / Network operations / SaaS

Required skills

Java (17+), Spring, Object-Oriented Design, Kubernetes, Containerization, Backend Development

Preferred skills

REST APIs, Hibernate, Big Data, NoSQL

Technologies

Java, Spring, Kubernetes

Responsibilities

Design and develop storage systems, job scheduling systems, and data ingestion frameworks; Build and maintain backend frameworks for platform features; Develop scalable and reliable services for high-traffic loads; Develop and improve monitoring and logging frameworks.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

About Forward Networks

Series D50 Employees

Forward Networks is revolutionizing the way large networks are managed. The Forward Enterprise platform delivers a vendor-agnostic "digital twin" of the network, based on a mathematical model. The platform scales to support hundreds of thousands of network devices, whether cloud, hybrid cloud, or on-prem. It serves as a single source of truth for the network, enabling network operators to instantly verify security posture, accelerate troubleshooting, avoid outages, and modernize network management.