Senior Backend Software Engineer

Forward Networks is currently seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to work as part of our Scaling team. The work will involve helping develop our product core by writing clean and solid code that interacts with our other services and components. Responsibilities include:

• Building a pipeline to ingest data from network devices, analyzing the data, and building a model of network behavior
• Scaling our computation by making the models more efficient
• Developing new product features that leverage the network model to answer user queries

Read our blog to know more about the type of work we are doing: https://forwardnetworks.com/scaling/

Requirements:

• BS in Computer Science or related degree; MS preferred
• Strong object-oriented design and development skills
• Previous experience working on large scale distributed systems
• Proficient with algorithms and design for performance and scalability
• 3+ years of full lifecycle software development experience
• 3+ years of backend experience with Java, C++ or similar systems languages

Nice to Haves:

• Database experience
• Experience with REST APIs, as well as with frameworks such as Spring or Hibernate

NOTE: experience in the networking domain is NOT a requirement for this role but is a plus.

The base pay range for this role is between $155,000 and $190,000. Base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location