Senior Platform Engineer
cargill
Job Description
Key Accountabilities
- SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT: Designs and develops high quality software solutions by writing clean, maintainable and efficient codes.
- AUTOMATION: Leads the application of internal software deployment platform, continuous integration or continuous delivery pipeline and twelve factor development methodology to automate the deployment process, ensuring smooth and reliable releases.
- COLLABORATION: Partners with cross functional team of product managers, designers and other engineers to gather complex requirements and deliver solutions that meet business needs.
- TESTING & DEBUGGING: Writes and maintains complex unit tests and integration tests, and performs debugging to maintain the quality and performance of the software, applying test driven development as needed.
- CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT: Recommends options for improving the software development and deployment processes, and implements the approved standards to improve efficiency and reliability.
- DOCUMENTATION: Creates and maintains comprehensive documentation for complex software applications, deployment processes and system configurations.
- TECHNICAL SUPPORT: Provides technical support and troubleshooting for complex issues with deployed applications to ensure minimal downtime and fast resolution.
Qualifications
- Minimum requirement of 4 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 5 years or more of relevant experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on experience with Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) tools such as Boomi, TIBCO BusinessWorks, or equivalent technologies.
- Strong understanding of integration patterns, API-led connectivity, and event-driven architectures.
- Expertise in designing and deploying integrations across heterogeneous systems (ERP, SaaS, on-prem).
- Familiarity with data transformation and mapping (XML, JSON, XSLT) and protocols (REST, SOAP, JMS).
- Proficiency in automation and scripting for integration workflows and deployments.
- Knowledge of CI/CD practices and integration with DevOps pipelines.
- Experience with monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance tuning of integration flows.
- Exposure to cloud-native integration solutions and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to lead complex integration initiatives.