Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Core/API & Process Automation
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CamundaSoftware Development
Fully remote and globalFull-TimeSenior
SalaryUnited States: $143,800.00 to $231,900.00; United Kingdom: £90,300.00 to £148,500.00; Singapore: S$178,600.00 to S$267,900.00; Canada: C$152,700.00 to C$251,200.00
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Job Details
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Required Skills
- ElasticSearchJVMgRPCRESTful APIsDistributed Systems
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional backend engineering experience.
- Deep knowledge of distributed and event-driven systems (consistency, ordering, replay, failure modes).
- Strong proficiency in API design and evolution (contract-first, backward compatibility, versioning).
- Experience diagnosing and fixing performance issues under production load (profiling, benchmarking, backpressure).
- Proven ability to lead technical work autonomously from ambiguity.
- Strong technical writing skills and ability to thrive in a remote-first collaborative environment.
- Experience with workflow automation or process orchestration (BPMN) is a plus.
- Familiarity with consensus/replication protocols like Raft or SWIM.
- Knowledge of query-pattern optimization for RocksDB, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, and Postgres.
- Solid JVM knowledge including memory model, concurrency, and performance.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and evolve the event-sourced engine and its C8 REST/gRPC/MCP API (command/event, CQRS).
- Lead complex technical projects end-to-end, including problem definition, solution design, and cross-team delivery.
- Ship high-impact engine features while simplifying code and maintaining strict quality standards.
- Implement resiliency, schema evolution, and observability to ensure system stability and diagnosability.
- Optimize data access patterns and processing in RocksDB, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, and relational databases.
- Mentor team members, conduct high-quality code reviews, and lead incident resolution and RCA processes.
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