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# Application Platform Engineer

- **Company:** EXAMPLE'S INC.
- **Location:** New York, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Apache ActiveMQ, Databases, Data Structures, Relational Databases, DevOps, MySQL, NoSQL, Open Source Technology, Message Oriented Middleware, Service-Oriented Architecture, Web Application Frameworks, Cassandra, Apache Kafka
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/application-platform-engineer-example-corp-6297396

## About the Role

* 5+ years of experience as a software engineer
 * Strong Java knowledge
 * Experience working with high traffic, scalable web applications
 * Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms and framework internals
 * Ability to speak and write clearly and concisely
 * Ability to think creatively about solutions with a focus on the long term stability of our system.

Nice-to-Have

 * Experience with SOA
 * Experience with at least one relational database (e.g. MySQL) and one NoSQL database (e.g. Cassandra)
 * Familiarity with asynchronous messaging systems, such as Kafka and ActiveMQ
 * DevOps experience

## Description

As a member of the App Platform team you get to play a few different roles:

Architect: We are the ones that know how our large system should fit together.

Developer: We write lots of code. Some is purely for prototyping and what passes the prototyping phase is made ready for production and used by nearly all server teams.

Consultant: We work closely with all the server teams to understand their needs and lend assistance with the infrastructure we have built.

Leader: We need to be vocal about our experiences to internal teams as well as the outside world through blog posts, presentations and open source contributions.


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