Forward is transforming how the world’s most complex networks are managed and secured. Founded in 2013 by four Stanford Ph.D.s, we built the industry’s first network digital twin — a mathematically precise model of the production network that gives IT teams unmatched visibility, verification, and agility across every major cloud and vendor environment.

Our customers include global leaders such as Goldman Sachs, PayPal, S&P Global, IBM, and Dell, as well as fast-growing enterprises and government agencies. According to IDC, Forward customers realize an average of $14.2 million in annual benefits through improved efficiency and security.

Backed by world-class investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Goldman Sachs, MSD Partners, and Threshold Ventures, Forward offers a people-centric, innovative culture where brilliant minds are shaping the future of network reliability, security, and AI-ready operations.

Forward is currently seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to work as part of our Platforms team. You will play a critical role in designing, developing, and scaling the core backend services and infrastructure that support our SaaS and on-prem deployments. Your contributions will have a direct impact on the stability, performance, and scalability of our platform, helping to ensure an exceptional experience for our customers.

Responsibilities:

• Platform development: Contribute to the design and development of storage systems, job scheduling systems, data ingestion frameworks, monitoring frameworks etc to ensure high system performance and availability.
• Feature development:  Build and maintain backend frameworks that support essential platform features 
• Scalability & Reliability: Develop scalable, high-performing, and reliable services optimized for handling complex workloads, and high-traffic loads.
• Monitoring & Visibility: Develop and improve monitoring and logging frameworks to provide deep visibility into system performance, reliability, and application health.

Collaboration: Collaborate with cross functional teams across our US and India offices.

Read our blog to know more about the type of work we are doing: https://forwardnetworks.com/scaling/

Requirements:

• BS in Computer Science or related degree; MS or PhD preferred
• 7+ years of full lifecycle software development experience
• Deep expertise in Java (version 17 or later) and hands-on experience with Spring or other similar frameworks.
• Strong object-oriented design and development skills
• Hands on experience with containerization and Kubernetes
• Several years of backend experience with Java, C++ or similar languages
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Nice to Haves:

• Experience with REST APIs, as well as with frameworks such as Spring or Hibernate
• Big Data and NoSQL experience

NOTE: experience in the networking domain is NOT a requirement for this role but is a plus.

This position is a regular, full-time opportunity with Forward in Bangalore, India.