📍India
Principal Backend Engineer

Gradle Inc.
📍Remote
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Summary
Join Develocity, a leading provider of developer productivity solutions used by top tech companies, as a Principal Backend Engineer. You will play a key role in designing, building, and scaling our high-impact, distributed systems. This position requires extensive experience in Java, distributed systems, and cloud platforms. As a technical leader, you will mentor other engineers and contribute to the evolution of our backend architecture. We offer a remote-first work environment, competitive salaries and equity, and a generous learning and development stipend. Develocity fosters a collaborative and supportive culture, providing opportunities for professional growth and development.
Requirements
- 10+ years of professional software development experience, with a deep understanding of Java and the JVM
- Extensive experience designing, building, and operating fault-tolerant, distributed systems at scale
- Strong understanding of performance optimization, memory management, and scalability
- Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines
- Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives and mentor other engineers
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to clearly articulate technical ideas
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, implementation, and delivery of complex Develocity features with a significant business impact
- Drive technical innovation and solve challenging problems related to performance, scalability, and reliability
- Contribute to the evolution of our back-end architecture and infrastructure
- Participate in code reviews and ensure high-quality code standards
- Mentor and guide other engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with build automation tools (Gradle and Maven) and developer tools
- Experience with the development, maintenance, and evolution of APIs
- Proven ability to interact with enterprise customers about technical aspects
Benefits
- Opportunity to work on a widely-used product with a clear vision for the future
- Contribute to leading solutions in the new industry of Developer Productivity Engineering
- Close customer interaction with engineers from leading tech organizations
- An automation-focused, test-driven engineering culture
- Close collaboration with experienced and dedicated peer engineers
- Opportunities for growth in technical and leadership responsibilities
- In-person meetings, such as our annual company offsite and team meetings
- Work from home in a remote-first environment
- Competitive salaries and equity grants
- Learning & development : We offer a $1,000 annual learning and development stipend and a monthly meeting-free day dedicated to learning
- Home office stipend : We offer a $1,500 home office stipend to make sure you’re comfortably equipped to work remotely
- Volunteer day : We offer up to 8 hours of paid time each year for team members to give back to their local communities
- Gradle World Meeting : We gather once a year for a week of in-person meetings and team-building events (at a very cool global “destination” venue)
- International benefits : We provide benefits that are tailored to your country of work
- Competitive salary / Stock options: We offer competitive salaries and company stock option plans to all team members
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