Hiring: Senior Software Engineer, Platform Company: CJ Location: Needham, MA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 12:58:27 Employment Type: Contract / Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Agile, ArgoCD, CDN, CI/CD, CloudFront, Configuration Management, DNS, Docker, EKS, GitLab, GitLab CI, GitOps, Grafana, IAM, Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, Node.js, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, RBAC, S3, TDD, Terraform, VPC, Vault, Webhooks About the job Experience: •6+ years of experience in software and/or infrastructure engineering Required Skills: •We’ve been leading the charge in the affiliate industry from day one—establishing performance marketing and paving the way for future innovations. We're known for maintaining one of the largest, most reliable partnership platforms with impeccable, personalized service. •A Quick Peek at Affiliate Marketing •You must be work authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship. •This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days a week in a CJ office location (www.cj.com) •Are we a good fit for you? •That makes us Engineers and not just developers. Here are some of the principles that set CJ engineers apart. •Engineering autonomy: Here, business decisions are made by business people, and technical decisions are made by technical people. •Full stack: Expect to be involved and to gain competence in every aspect of software engineering, from frontend, to database, to requirements analysis, to testing, to helping choose technologies. Qualifications: •Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience •Deep, hands-on production experience operating Kubernetes and AWS at scale, across multiple accounts and regions •Real operational depth in at least one system we own beyond the cluster - most importantly the observability stack (Prometheus/Alertmanager at scale), but AWS networking, Vault, or artifact/CI infrastructure also count. We are filtering for people who have run these systems, not just used them. •Strong AWS networking judgment (VPC, peering, Transit Gateway, subnet/CIDR design) •A track record as a critical reviewer - spotting subtle infrastructure issues and long-term risks before they ship •Effective communication and the ability to influence design in a product-focused way •Prometheus long-term storage / sharding (Thanos, Cortex, Mimir, or equivalent) run in production •Policy-as-code (Kyverno / OPA) and admission webhook design •Building claim-based self-service platform capabilities •Engineers can deploy and debug services without needing platform intervention Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!