Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

Join a collaborative team at Develocity, a product that accelerates and optimizes software builds, to work on a widely used product with a clear vision for the future. Contribute to leading solutions in Developer Productivity Engineering, interact closely with engineers from top tech organizations, and enjoy an automation-focused culture.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional software development experience
• In-depth experience with Java and the JVM
• Experience leading complex features end-to-end and cross-team
• Working proficiency and communication skills in written and verbal English
• Self-motivated and self-managing, with excellent organizational skills

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test, deliver and maintain Develocity features
• Solve technical problems that have large scope, complexity, and business impact
• Managing individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables
• Assisting clients during trials and in production
• Contributing to changes that improve the team’s velocity and efficiency
• Participate in Develocity releases in collaboration with the entire engineering team

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing and building fault-tolerant, distributed systems
• Experience building and scaling highly-available systems
• Experience working with AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Experience automating the software build and delivery process
• Experience working on developer tools

Benefits

• 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
• A focus on learning and development – Gradle offers an annual learning and development stipend and a monthly company-wide Learning Day, where we encourage all team members to focus on their professional development for the day
• A hardware package that includes a laptop, monitor, other peripheral hardware, and a home office stipend to make sure you are fully set up to work remotely
• Generous paid time off
• Paid public holidays
• Volunteer Day – We offer up to 8 hours of paid work time each year for team members to give back to their local communities