Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join Everbridge, a global leader in Critical Event Management, and help us keep people safe and businesses running. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Risk Events Platform team in a remote role based in Hungary. This position involves working with a high-impact platform that processes real-time risk data from various sources. You will design, develop, test, and deploy high-quality services, applications, and APIs. The role also includes driving technical discussions, implementing backend and frontend components, leveraging AWS services, and contributing to DevOps and automation. You will participate in on-call rotations and ensure compliance with FedRAMP and DoD Impact Level 4 (IL4). Finally, you will mentor junior engineers and collaborate with various teams.

Requirements

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience (or equivalent)
• Bachelor’s or in Computer Science (or related field), or equivalent hands-on experience
• Expertise in Scala and/or Java with Spring Boot; some proficiency in React or similar UI frameworksfor minor UI work. You will write code in Scala – but no existing knowledge of Scala isrequired
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, RESTful API design, event-driven architectures and data indexing
• Hands-on AWS experience. Understandingof availability zones and regions and general AWS ecosystems
• Track record of delivering enterprise-grade, secure, high-performance software
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with a focus on reliability, observability and fault-tolerance
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain design trade-offs to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience with Terraform modules and GitLab CI/CD at scale
• Self-driven, eager to own features end-to-end and dive into the details

Responsibilities

• Design & Build : As an individual contributor on an agile, cross-functional team, design, develop, test and deploy high-quality services, applications and APIs
• Architecture & Code Quality : Drive technical discussions around architecture, scalability, security and performance; propose improvements and enforce best practices
• Full-Stack Development : Implement backend services in Scala/Java (Spring Boot) and frontend components in React
• Cloud & Infrastructure : Leverage AWS services (API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, OpenSearch, IAM, VPC, SQS/SNS) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker, Helm)
• DevOps & Automation : Own infrastructure as code with Terraform, GitLab CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks
• Production Support : Participate in on-call rotations to troubleshoot and resolve escalations; contribute to post-mortems and actionable improvements
• Compliance & Security : Ensure FedRAMP and DoD Impact Level 4 (IL4) compliance; collaborate with Security and Compliance teams
• Mentorship & Collaboration : Coach junior engineers, share knowledge in design and code reviews, and collaborate closely with Product, Test Engineers, and Tech Support

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage to ensure your well-being
• Life & Total Permanent Disability Insurance to protect you and your loved ones
• Cafeteria plan