Role overview

Platform Engineer

Requirements and responsibilities

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Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of Feedzai's core platform and Risk Engine
  • Build and maintain high-performance, scalable, and resilient backend services
  • Work across the full software development lifecycle, from design to production support
  • Write clean, reusable, and testable code, participating actively in code reviews
  • Support the evolution towards a microservices and cloud-native architecture
  • Ensure system reliability through observability, automation, and operational best practices
  • Participate in production support and on-call rotations for critical systems (with compensation)
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, Data Science, and Engineering
  • Contribute to engineering best practices, technical guidelines, and continuous improvement
  • Participate in recruitment and help attract top engineering talent

Details

  • Contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of Feedzai's core platform and Risk Engine
  • Build and maintain high-performance, scalable, and resilient backend services
  • Work across the full software development lifecycle, from design to production support
  • Write clean, reusable, and testable code, participating actively in code reviews
  • Support the evolution towards a microservices and cloud-native architecture
  • Ensure system reliability through observability, automation, and operational best practices
  • Participate in production support and on-call rotations for critical systems (with compensation)
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, Data Science, and Engineering
  • Contribute to engineering best practices, technical guidelines, and continuous improvement
  • Participate in recruitment and help attract top engineering talent
  • 3+ years of experience in backend software development, preferably with Java
  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (mandatory)
  • Strong foundation in computer science principles and software engineering best practices
  • Experience building high-performance, concurrent backend systems
  • Familiarity with distributed systems and messaging/data platforms (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, Spark, Cassandra)
  • Experience with cloud environments and modern software architecture patterns
  • Strong problem-solving mindset and ability to work independently
  • Interest in scalable systems, performance optimization, and system reliability
  • Bonus: contributions to open-source projects
  • Strong motivation to learn, grow, and challenge technical constraints

Requirements:

  • 3+ years of experience in backend software development, preferably with Java
  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (mandatory)
  • Strong foundation in computer science principles and software engineering best practices
  • Experience building high-performance, concurrent backend systems
  • Familiarity with distributed systems and messaging/data platforms (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, Spark, Cassandra)
  • Experience with cloud environments and modern software architecture patterns
  • Strong problem-solving mindset and ability to work independently
  • Interest in scalable systems, performance optimization, and system reliability
  • Bonus: contributions to open-source projects
  • Strong motivation to learn, grow, and challenge technical constraints
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