Backend Software Engineer

Summary

Join Lucidworks' SaaS Engineering team as a Backend Engineer and contribute to the development and maintenance of our robust cloud-based platform. You will build and maintain Java services using Spring Boot, scale our distributed data platform, and develop automation tools. This role involves collaborating with international teams, participating in Agile development, and ensuring the security and reliability of our services. The ideal candidate possesses strong Java development skills, experience with cloud platforms (GCP preferred), and a passion for building scalable systems. Occasional travel to San Francisco may be required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience preferred
• 3-4 years of professional experience in software development, with exposure to increasingly complex environments
• Willingness to participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation to help support the services you develop; we take an end-to-end ownership approach to what we build!
• 3+ years of experience in Java development experience
• Experience with public cloud-based environments (GCP is a plus)
• Familiarity with developing microservices and event-driven architectures
• Quality-oriented; we write our own tests
• Results-oriented; you take pride in delivering high-quality work
• Familiarity with developing SaaS infrastructure in a continuous-deployment environment (we use ArgoCD)
• Experience working with Domain-Driven Design
• Knowledge of both Relational and NoSQL databases
• Experience in designing and developing container-based software services
• Familiarity with containerization and container orchestration (Kubernetes is a plus)
• Successful completion of a background check

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Java services written in Spring Boot (we use Java 21)
• Contribute to scaling a distributed, multi-tenant data platform
• Assist in developing software to facilitate greater automation and operability of services, with a focus on simplicity of use, operation, and performance
• Build and maintain APIs and interfaces for internal and external customers, aiming to improve accessibility and ease of use
• Support Lucidworks’ company-wide cloud-first initiative by contributing to the development and maintenance of self-service APIs and data architecture
• Help secure our cloud-based software services by applying best practices to authentication, authorization, and identity management
• Participate in software design discussions and contribute ideas and feedback
• Engage with team members in a fast-paced, Agile environment
• Collaborate effectively with international development teams
• Uphold the core values, policies, and procedures of Lucidworks

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with DevOps practices is a plus