Core Team Engineer - New York - BC Forward

Description

Core Team Engineer (Cloud & Platform)

BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated Core Team Engineer (Cloud & Platform) remote role.

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Position Title: Core Team Engineer (Cloud & Platform)

Location: Remote

Anticipated Start Date: 02/02/2025
Please note this is the target date and is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.

Expected Duration: Full Time - Direct Hire

Job Type: (40+ HOURS WEEKLY], [CONTRACT]

Overview:

We are looking for a highly experienced Core Team Engineer (Cloud & Platform) to join our core architecture team. In this role, you will be responsible for building scalable cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and data engineering solutions that power mission-critical applications. This is a hands-on technical leadership role, requiring strong expertise in backend engineering, cloud platforms, and data pipelines, along with the ability to mentor and guide future hires.

Focus: Core platform architecture, cloud infrastructure, and distributed data, Java, Spring.

Key Skills:

• Cloud and Containers: Strong AWS (ECS, Fargate, EC2, S3, Secrets Manager, IAM), Docker, CI/CD pipelines
• Backend: Strong Java with Spring Boot / Spring Cloud for microservices
• Databases: PostgreSQL and MongoDB, schema design, SQL optimization
• Data Engineering: Kafka for streaming, ETL design and orchestration, connecting APIs to data lakes/warehouses
• Security: JWT / OAuth2 / token-based authentication, identity federation
• Analytics: Exposure to Snowflake, data warehouses, SQL for reporting
• Soft Skills: Effective communicator, strong documentation habits, able to mentor future hires

Job Responsibilities

• Designed, developed, and maintained subscription APIs leveraging Java 17, Spring Boot, and REST/GraphQL, powering subscription products for millions of digital media users.
• Designed and developed scalable, high-performance backend services in Java (Spring Boot) to support AI-driven retail platforms.
• Leveraged AI-assisted development tools to accelerate feature delivery and improve code reliability, test coverage, and observability metrics.
• Applied caching strategies and frameworks (Redis, Ehcache) to improve application response times and reduce database load.
• Containerized development using Docker and Kubernetes/OpenShift, enabling faster and more reliable deployments across environments.
• Designed and implemented event-driven architectures using Kafka/RabbitMQ, enabling reliable asynchronous processing at scale.
• Deployed monitoring and observability solutions (Datadog, Prometheus, ELK) for real-time insight into system health, latency, and payment success rates.
• Developed service-oriented backend services in TypeScript, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and compliance with enterprise best practices.
• Developed and maintained REST APIs, managing full API lifecycle (design, versioning, monitoring, deprecation) for internal and external integrations.
• Integrated security validation, encryption, and tokenization frameworks to protect sensitive customer and financial data across distributed systems.
• Containerized and orchestrated applications with Docker and Kubernetes, improving scalability and resilience of distributed systems.
• Developed automated test suites and CI/CD pipelines to validate functional, performance, and compliance requirements before deployment.
• Partnered with architecture and product teams to design APIs and orchestration pipelines that support embedded finance and monetization use cases.
• Drove continuous modernization of core payment services, aligning with enterprise cloud strategy and ensuring scalability, resiliency, and compliance across environments.
• Built event-driven orchestration components with smart routing, status tracking, and exception handling to ensure reliable and auditable payment flows.
• Engineered scalable, fault-tolerant services in cloud-native environments (AWS/GCP) using Java, Go, and Python, optimizing for latency, concurrency, and throughput.
• Implemented Test-Driven Development (TDD) practices to deliver high-quality, maintainable code, leveraging automated testing frameworks such as JUnit, Robot Framework, and Jasmine.
• Built and maintained scalable backend services in Java and Spring Boot, implementing secure and reliable REST APIs with dependency injection, configuration management, and security best practices.
• Built automated CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) integrated with SonarQube, Docker, and Kubernetes, improving release frequency and reliability.
• Developed real-time payment APIs and backend microservices enabling high-throughput transaction processing, account validation, and secure fintech integrations.

About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.
BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.
BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.
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