Software Engineer, Backend - Core/API & Process Automation

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CamundaBusiness Orchestration
Fully remote and globalFull-TimeMiddle
SalaryUnited States: $119,900.00 to $193,200.00; United Kingdom: £75,300.00 to £123,800.00; Singapore: S$148,900.00 to S$223,300.00
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Job Details

Experience
2+ years
Required Skills
ElasticSearchJVMgRPCPostgresRESTful APIsDistributed Systems

Requirements

  • 2+ years of professional backend engineering experience.
  • Solid grasp of event-driven systems.
  • Genuine eagerness to go deep on event sourcing and distributed systems, including consistency, ordering, and failure basics.
  • Good API design instincts (REST) with an emphasis on clean contracts and backward compatibility.
  • Strong product thinking and focus on user outcomes.
  • Ability to work as a 'manager of one' in a remote/async setting.
  • High growth drive and willingness to take on unfamiliar, uncomfortable challenges.
  • Clear written communication skills.
  • Ability and/or willingness to use Camunda's product.

Responsibilities

  • Build and evolve features in the event-sourced engine and its C8 REST/gRPC/MCP API.
  • Own well-scoped work end-to-end, including implementation, testing, shipping, and writing design notes/ADRs.
  • Help ship high-impact engine features like suspending/resuming process instances and enabling AI agents to steer processes.
  • Design and consume clean APIs with a focus on developer ergonomics and backward compatibility.
  • Detect and optimize inefficient processing and data-access patterns across data stores like RocksDB, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, and Postgres.
  • Proactively manage technical debt, maintain code quality through reviews, and participate in on-call support.
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