Software Engineer

Bangalore, India

Req ID: 202761

At SolarWinds, we’re a people-first company. Our purpose is to enrich the lives of the people we serve—including our employees, customers, shareholders, partners, and communities. Join us in our mission to help customers accelerate business transformation with simple, powerful, and secure solutions.

The ideal candidate thrives in an innovative, fast-paced environment and is collaborative, accountable, ready, and empathetic. We’re looking for individuals who believe they can accomplish more as a team and create lasting growth for themselves and others. We hire based on attitude, competency, and commitment. Solarians are ready to advance our world-class solutions in a fast-paced environment and accept the challenge to lead with purpose. If you’re looking to build your career with an exceptional team, you’ve come to the right place. Join SolarWinds and grow with us!

About the Role

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join the Platform Connect team. This team is responsible for building the foundational platform that enables seamless integration across products, services, and external systems.

In this role, you will design, build, and own backend services that power core platform capabilities such as feature entitlements, usage metering, integrations, and platform APIs. You will independently deliver scoped features and improvements within one or more services, while contributing to the scalability, reliability, and extensibility of the Platform Connect ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain backend services that power Platform Connect capabilities such as entitlements, usage tracking, integrations, and platform APIs
Own small to medium-sized features and scoped improvements end to end, from technical design through implementation, testing, deployment, and production support
Develop scalable, secure, and maintainable APIs for internal and external consumers
Work on service-to-service integrations across platform components such as identity, billing, metering, and tenant management systems
Break down requirements into technical tasks, estimate work, and proactively surface risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs
Debug production issues, participate in incident response, and improve system reliability, performance, and operational readiness
Contribute to code reviews, testing, documentation, and engineering best practices across the team
Improve observability through logging, monitoring, tracing, and actionable operational metrics
Collaborate closely with product managers, QA, and peer engineering teams to deliver end-to-end platform capabilities
Contribute to internal tools, scripts, and engineering improvements that raise delivery quality and developer productivity

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
3–5 years of backend software development experience
Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and core computer science fundamentals
Proficiency in one or more backend languages such as Java, Kotlin, Node.js, Python, or Go
Experience designing and building REST APIs and backend services in a distributed or service-oriented environment
Familiarity with relational and/or NoSQL databases
Experience with Git, code reviews, testing practices, and standard software development workflows
Ability to debug application and production issues and deliver maintainable, high-quality code
Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with microservices-based architecture and distributed systems
Familiarity with backend frameworks such as Spring Boot, Express/NestJS, Django, or similar
Working knowledge of platform concepts such as:
Feature entitlements and access control
Usage metering and billing systems
API gateways and service-to-service communication
Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
Familiarity with Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and modern DevOps practices
Exposure to messaging systems such as Kafka or RabbitMQ and caching technologies such as Redis
Understanding of authentication and authorization concepts such as OAuth, JWT, RBAC, and ABAC
Experience with observability and operational tooling for monitoring and troubleshooting production systems

Key Skills

Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking
Ability to write clean, scalable, secure, and maintainable backend code
Ownership mindset with the ability to independently drive scoped work to completion
Sound engineering judgment for routine technical tradeoffs and implementation decisions
Curiosity to understand platform-level systems, integrations, and customer impact
Good collaboration, communication, and knowledge-sharing skills

What You’ll Work On

Platform APIs powering cross-product integrations
Feature entitlement systems and access control layers
Usage metering pipelines and tenant-level tracking
Service integrations across identity, billing, and product systems
Foundational platform services that enable scalable product growth

Growth Opportunities

Deepen your expertise in distributed systems, microservices, and platform engineering
Gain hands-on experience with production-grade, multi-tenant backend systems
Build ownership across the full service lifecycle, from design to production operations
Grow into more advanced technical scope across architecture, system design, and cross-team platform initiatives

SolarWinds is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. SolarWinds will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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