Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Data Layer

We are Camunda - where your work will have real impact! Picture yourself at a company where your work isn’t just another task on a list, but a key driver of transformation for hundreds of organizations. Your work will directly shape how hundreds of enterprises like Atlassian, NASA, and Goldman Sachs – orchestrate their most critical processes to drive digital transformation. 

In 2024, we crossed the $100 million mark in ARR – an incredible milestone in our growth story. We’ve been named in GP Bullhound’s 2024 Top 100 Next Unicorn list, we’ve earned Flexa’s stamp as a truly flexible workplace, and we proudly hold Great Place to Work certification in both the USA and UK. As a fully remote, global company, we’re rewriting the rules of how modern businesses operate.

And we’re just getting started!  We are growing fast and on a mission to find the very best talent in the world. If you’re ready to bring your bold ideas to a fast-paced, dynamic team, keep reading – this role could be the one you’ve been waiting for.

About the role:

• The Data Layer team is responsible for designing, maintaining, and optimizing the data systems of the Core application. This means building robust and scalable solutions in a data-intensive application, while focusing on high performance and efficiency

• Ownership of the data layer involves developing features relating to data storage, monitoring and improving read and write performance, and collaborating with other teams to support application development and its evolving data requirements

• Technologies used by the team are: Java, Relational Databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle, MariaDB), Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Spring Boot, Spring, Maven, Docker, Helm

• We value engineers that own the design, implementation, and documentation for large features. You'll collaborate with and occasionally direct, or be directed by other engineers, depending on who is responsible for the feature

• The team currently has 4 Backend Engineers, and collaborates closely with colleagues from QA, Product Management, and other teams across the business

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What You’ll Be Doing:

The Data Layer team builds the systems that process, structure, and optimize process automation event streams for efficient querying by applications and services. As a mission-critical team, their work directly impacts application stability, business decision-making, and the company's success.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to help design and implement solutions to complex problems, and take a leading role in evolving the data architecture to serve our customer’s needs. You will work closely with both Product Managers and other Engineers.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Contributing to the design and delivery of new features and improvements to ensure they are secure, well-tested, and performant, while aligning with our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices. You'll help uphold and advocate for these standards through code reviews

• Monitoring and troubleshooting database performance, and taking the initiative to determine continuous improvements to our processes, tooling and product

• Collaborating with Product Managers, Product Designers, our Documentation team, and other stakeholders to maintain a high bar for quality in a fast-paced, iterative environment

• Helping our customers resolve problems operating and using our software as part of 3rd-level support

• Performing spikes to discover technical requirements and solutions to problem