Senior Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join BlueCat and LiveAction as a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead the development of a new application on a scalable, high-performance Java platform. This role requires expertise in Java, concurrent programming, and Jetty, with experience building real-time, high-volume systems. Responsibilities include building backend services, ensuring application scalability, leading code reviews and mentoring, collaborating with other teams, and integrating open-source technologies. Qualifications include 10+ years of Java backend development experience, proven expertise in multithreaded programming, and deep experience with Jetty or similar technologies. Preferred qualifications include experience with SNMP, NetFlow, API Frameworks, OpenTelemetry, and specific databases. The company offers a comprehensive benefits package, including a professional development budget, wellness days, a lifestyle spending account, and an employee recognition program.

Requirements

• 10+ years professional experience in Java backend development
• Proven expertise in multithreaded programming
• Deep experience with Jetty or similar embedded web servers (e.g., Undertow, Netty)
• Strong understanding of systems design, high-throughput messaging, and I/O performance tuning
• Proven experience in high performance, throughput systems
• Solid grasp of JVM internals, memory management, and profiling tools

Responsibilities

• Build or re-architect backend services using Java and embedded Jetty for ultra-low-latency performance
• Ensure multi-threaded, high-concurrency applications scale to support massive data ingestion and processing requirements
• Lead code reviews, mentor engineers, and influence technical roadmap and architectural decisions
• Collaborate with product and platform teams to deliver resilient, secure, and observable services and applications
• Integrate open source and open standards reducing internal code generations and reaping the benefits of the open-source community

Preferred Qualifications

• SNMP, NetFlow, API Frameworks
• OpenTelemetry and Network Monitoring
• Data experience with Clickhouse and MongoDB

Benefits

• A Professional Development Budget
• Dedicated Wellness Days and Wellness Week
• A Lifestyle Spending Account
• An Employee Recognition Program