What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Platform Engineer position at Vistex?
Senior Platform Engineer is responsible for designing and maintaining reliable .NET 8 systems with a focus on secure authentication and authorization. The engineer will advise and develop platform-level features (e.g., Kafka, HTTP proxy services) while analyzing architectural trade-offs to ensure optimal designs. The role also requires hands-on experience with cloud-native technologies and key Kubernetes resources (manifests, operators, ingresses, pods, secrets, configmaps). It involves participating in the full software development lifecycle, collaborating with cross-functional teams in an agile, ad-hoc environment.
Every year, Vistex continues to grow! To ensure our organizations’ ability to proactively respond to its’ needs, we have created ongoing positions. Although we may not have an opening today, the Talent Acquisition team continues to have conversations with candidates who could potentially join our organization within 3, 6 or 9 months, depending on customer needs. As you look at your next career move—think about a great working atmosphere, collaborative teammates, a SAP recognized and awarded Partner, and personal and professional success come together. Vistex | Now It All Adds Up™
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and maintain scalable .NET 8 applications, supporting implementations of authentication and authorization protocols (including OAuth, SAML, and OIDC) for secure identity management.
- Demonstrated ability to conceptualize how different components of a system fit together (e.g., front-end, back-end, databases, services). Capable of weighing pros and cons of various architectural approaches to arrive at optimal solutions.
- Work with Kubernetes manifests and operators for deploying and managing containerized workloads. Be well-versed in core Kubernetes resources such as ingresses, pods, secrets, and configmaps. Collaborate with DevOps teams to ensure smooth container orchestration and cloud-native adoption.
- Develop efficient and secure APIs, proactively keeping them secure based on the latest industry security vulnerability reports and ensure their integration within the ecosystem.
- Create and modify existing pipelines, including Azure Pipelines and GitOps processes, to support continuous integration and deployment.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including colleagues across Europe, India, and the United States, as well as vendors, to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Conduct code reviews and provide technical guidance to other team members.
- Participate actively in agile ceremonies and contribute to improving team processes and delivery outcomes.
- Ability to write shell scripts as needed given reasonable time and resources.
- Create and update technical documentation to support engineering activities and ensure knowledge sharing.
The compensation for this position is $100k to $130k annually. Base pay will vary depending on factors, including but not limited to, a candidate’s location, job-related knowledge, skills and work experience. Vistex provides highly competitive benefits, including a comprehensive healthcare plan, 401(k), and paid time off, including paid volunteerism days!
About us: The Vistex platform helps businesses finally get control of all their different promotions, rebates, SPAs, discounts, and other incentives. With so many programs across so many partner relationships, it can be impossible to see where all the money is going, let alone how much difference it’s actually making to revenue. With Vistex, business leaders can see the numbers, see what really works, and see what to do next – so they can make sure every dollar they spend really is driving more growth, not just more costs. It’s why global enterprises ranging from Coca-Cola to Sony to Grainger rely on Vistex every day. Vistex | Now it all adds up. ™
Salary : $100,000 - $130,000
