Platform Engineer

Job Title:

Senior Platform Software Engineer

Location:

San Mateo, CA

Employment Type:

Full-time

About the Role

We are seeking a

Senior Platform Software Engineer

to build and enhance scalable backend services supporting

3D positioning and IoT solutions

. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on

AWS, Python, distributed microservices, and real-time systems

, with ownership across design, development, testing, and deployment.

The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced Agile startup environment and bring strong system design, performance optimization, and technical leadership skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable platform services within

  AWS

  .

• Build robust, fault-tolerant

  Python-based backend services

  supporting 3D positioning and IoT integrations.

• Develop and integrate

  REST and WebSocket microservices

  using OpenAPI specifications.

• Collaborate with frontend and edge software engineering teams.

• Monitor service metrics and identify opportunities to improve performance and reliability.

• Drive improvements to development processes, system quality, and cloud cost efficiency.

• Own projects end-to-end, from requirements and architecture through deployment and ongoing improvement.

• Evaluate architectural trade-offs related to APIs, data scaling, infrastructure, and distributed components.

• Contribute to technical design decisions and engineering best practices.

• Work effectively within an Agile team operating in the US Pacific Time Zone.

Mandatory Skills & Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with

  AWS

  , including:

• ECS/EKS

• Kinesis/Kafka

• RDS/PostgreSQL

• Proven experience developing scalable, fault-tolerant

  distributed microservices using Python

  .

• Hands-on experience with

  CI/CD

  , GitHub, and automated testing.

• Experience with

  PyUnit and/or Pytest

  .

• Strong knowledge of

  Git/version control

  .

• Experience developing in

  Linux/Unix environments

  .

• Strong system design capabilities, including:

• Requirements gathering

• Data scaling

• API definition

• Architecture evaluation and trade-offs

• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.

• Strong collaboration skills and ability to work effectively in a fast-paced startup environment.

Preferred Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.

• Experience with

  OpenAPI, Grafana, Prometheus

  , and microservice architecture frameworks.

• Experience debugging complex applications, including

  performance tuning and profiling

  .

• Knowledge of distributed data persistence and processing systems.

• Hands-on

  Terraform

  experience for cloud deployment and infrastructure management.

• Experience with

  JIRA

  or similar project management tools.

• Technical leadership, mentoring, and team guidance experience.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Exposure to

  AI/ML projects

  , including Agentic AI, MCP servers, or model development.

• Experience with

  FastAPI

  .

• Experience supporting

  IoT device management

  workflows.

• Experience across machine learning workflows such as data labeling, feature engineering, model training, tuning, deployment, and monitoring.

• Web or mobile development experience with technologies such as

  NestJS, React, CSS, JavaScript, REST, and JSON

  .

Why Join Us

• Work with cutting-edge technologies in a collaborative environment

• Professional growth opportunities and training support

• Inclusive, equitable, and respectful workplace culture

About NetworkPedia

NetworkPedia is a certified women-owned technology and talent solutions company, providing IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, managed services, and specialized recruitment across North Americas and beyond. Our mission is to empower organizations with secure, scalable, and innovative technology while building inclusive teams that reflect the communities we serve.

As a trusted partner, we deliver expertise across networking, cloud, IT service management, and security operations, along with staffing solutions for niche technology roles. We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in all our hiring practices and ensure that our opportunities are open to all qualified applicants, without discrimination on the basis of age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or disability.

How to Apply

Apply directly via LinkedIn Easy Apply. All applications are routed to our central recruitment email id -

recruitment@networkpedia.com