Senior Software Engineer II – Platform & Integrations, Backend

Seismic

Senior Software Engineer II designing, building, and operating enterprise-grade distributed systems at Seismic. Working on resilient, AI-native software delivery and cloud platforms to enhance user experiences.

Posted 7/17/2026full-timeHyderabad • 🇮🇳 IndiaSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and developing scalable, reliable, and secure distributed systems using C#/.NET and cloud-native technologies. Proficient in applying AI-native development practices and improving engineering quality through modern methodologies like TDD and DDD.

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C#/.NET DevelopmentPostgreSQL Performance TuningTest-Driven Development (TDD)Cloud-Native TechnologiesEvent-Driven Architectures

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Hard Skills

C#.NETPostgreSQLTest-Driven Development (TDD)Domain-Driven Design (DDD)API TestingKafkaRabbitMQDockerKubernetes

Soft Skills

MentoringCollaborationInfluencing Technical Direction

Tools & Technologies

AWSGCPAzureTerraformPulumi

Industry Keywords

Distributed SystemsCloud InfrastructureAI-Native DevelopmentOperational ExcellenceCI/CD Pipelines

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformKafkaKubernetes.NETPostgresRabbitMQRDBMSRedisTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop, and operate enterprise-grade distributed systems and services that are scalable, reliable, secure, and highly available.
Own end-to-end technical design for key services and subsystems, evaluate architectural trade-offs, and drive implementation decisions across backend services, cloud infrastructure, and data platforms.
Build and maintain production services using C#/.NET or other major object-oriented programming languages, web services, and modern API patterns.
Apply AI-native development practices — including LLM-assisted development, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and agentic workflows — to accelerate delivery and build intelligent product capabilities.
Collaborate closely with product management, design, and distributed engineering teams to translate business needs into technical solutions from concept through launch.
Improve engineering quality through Test-Driven Development (TDD), Domain-Driven Design (DDD), automated testing, observability, and operational excellence.
Identify and drive improvements to system reliability, performance, scalability, and developer experience across the platform.
Participate in on-call support rotations and incident response to ensure service reliability, availability, and timely resolution of production issues.
Mentor engineers, participate in design and code reviews, and help raise the technical bar across globally distributed teams.

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of experience with C# and .NET, or another major object-oriented programming language, and web services.
3+ years of experience with PostgreSQL or major RDBMS, including performance tuning, maintenance, schema design, and operational best practices.
Proficiency with Test-Driven Development (TDD), Domain-Driven Design (DDD), API testing, and modern engineering quality practices.
Experience with event-driven architectures using technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ, and in-memory data stores such as Redis.
Hands-on experience with container technologies and cloud-native platforms such as Docker, Kubernetes, Istio, etcd, and service mesh architectures.
Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure, including deploying and operating containerized workloads on Kubernetes in production.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and tools such as Terraform or Pulumi.
Experience mentoring engineers, leading design reviews, and influencing technical direction across teams.
Proven ability to collaborate effectively with product, design, engineering, and globally distributed teams.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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