As the global leader in high-speed connectivity Ciena is committed to a people-first approach Our teams enjoy a culture focused on prioritizing a flexible work environment that empowers individual growth well-being and belonging We re a technology company that leads with our humanity driving our business priorities alongside meaningful social community and societal impact What will you do at Ciena We are looking for highly motivated and talented software engineers to join Blue Planet platform team responsible for building performant reliable and maintainable platform services and tools in a large polyglot distributed environment Responsibilities Develop micro-services and tools that provide common support for scalable and highly available software system Work closely with design teams to support their use of the platform to deliver complete solutions to customers Participate in all phases of an agile development cycle - plan design implement review test deploy document and training Troubleshoot and resolve customer issues Strive to make continuous improvement Collaboration with stakeholders Working collaboratively with Product Owner Product Line Management PLM Product Verification development teams customer support teams documentation team etc Areas of impact Blue Planet is based on a modern software architecture that leverages open-source technologies model-driven templates and container-based micro-services Blue Planet facilitates the evolution toward more efficient modernized network operations and software-defined programmability to accelerate the delivery of on-demand services reduce costs and enable a path to increased network autonomy As a member of platform team you will provide services tools and manage system complexity to help Blue Planet solution teams to deliver value more easily and in a maintainable way Experience Bachelors Masters Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience Strong understanding of Computer Science fundamentals algorithms and design patterns Proficient in languages such as Java Python GoLang Experience with distributed highly-available horizontally scalable systems running at large scale Interest and ability to quickly learn and ramp-up on new languages and technologies Good communication and interpersonal skills Desirable knowledge or experience a plus Database technology including Postgres distributed SQL graph databases etc Distributed high throughput messaging system such as Apache Kafka Positive knowledge of OS and software security Cloud environment e g AWS OpenStack etc Not ready to apply Join our Talent Community to get relevant job alerts straight to your inbox At Ciena we are committed to building and fostering an environment in which our employees feel respected valued and heard Ciena values the diversity of its workforce and respects its employees as individuals We do not tolerate any form of discrimination Ciena is an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and protected veteran status If contacted in relation to a job opportunity please advise Ciena of any accommodation measures you may require