Staff Backend Java Engineer

Summary

Join Clarasight, a company building a Carbon Planning platform used by global enterprises to reduce carbon emissions. We are seeking a talented Java Developer to contribute to our cutting-edge data-driven product. This role involves developing core systems for planning, scenario modeling, and analytics, as well as optimizing queries for BigQuery and working with relational databases. The ideal candidate will have strong Java and Spring Boot experience, along with expertise in BigQuery, SQL, and OLAP systems. This position offers the opportunity to work on complex datasets and collaborate with a highly skilled team to deliver scalable and efficient backend solutions and make a foundational contribution to reversing climate change. The role includes remote and hybrid work options and a competitive compensation package.

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in Java, with 8+ years of hands-on experience in backend development
• Ability and willingness to learn other coding languages and patterns quickly
• Experience going from 0 to 1
• Experience with SQL and with data intensive, asynchronous, distributed systems
• Solid knowledge of Spring Boot, including experience with dependency injection, REST API development, and microservices architecture
• Hands-on experience with BigQuery for querying and data optimization
• Expertise in writing and optimizing SQL queries and working with relational databases
• Familiarity with OLAP systems and concepts of multidimensional data modeling
• Understanding of software design patterns, best practices, and architecture principles
• Experience working in an agile development environment using git and agile project management tools
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
• Ability to define and uphold SLAs for operational processes you support
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and a team-oriented mindset
• Experience in global, enterprise SaaS development
• AWS (S3, RDS, EC2, IAM, Fargate, etc.) expertise

Responsibilities

• Drive the development of core systems that power the platform's Planning, Scenario Modeling, and Analytics capabilities
• Drive the development of intra-system interoperability
• Execute the full software development lifecycle; technical analysis and design, development, and unit test phases
• Identify, deliver, and drive improvements and innovations within the software, including large-scale technological and architectural changes
• Work across many subsystems successfully deliver value to customers
• Become a subject matter expert in travel and expense data and planning software systems
• Provide technical leadership and share knowledge, for instance, through code reviews, pairing, ADRs, and presentations
• Develop and maintain scalable backend services using Java and Spring Boot
• Design and optimize queries for BigQuery, focusing on large-scale data analysis
• Work with relational databases to create efficient schemas, write complex queries, and maintain data integrity
• Build and manage OLAP systems for multidimensional data analysis and reporting
• Create and maintain RESTful APIs with a focus on performance, security, and scalability
• Collaborate with data engineers and product teams to design and implement ETL processes and data pipelines
• Debug, troubleshoot, and optimize code to enhance system reliability and performance
• Collaborate with other Software and QA Engineers, Data Scientists, Report Developers, Product Managers, and Customer Success Professionals
• Ability to debug hard problems at every level of the stack, i.e. you can debug a web application problem single-handedly all the way from the browser, through the transport, through the application and servers and databases and asynchronous queues

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in any of these areas is a bonus: TypeScript
• Experience with identity providers, ideally Auth0
• Python
• Apache Airflow
• Service Oriented Architecture patterns
• Data Warehousing and ETL pipeline development
• Data Science

Benefits

• Generous options in our early stage startup for key members of the team
• Working among a diverse, expert team at the forefront of climate tech, behavioral change, and people technology
• Opportunity to make a foundational contribution to our mission: close the gap between climate-related intention and action
• Remote and Hybrid work environments
• Robust benefits including full medical, dental and vision insurance, 401k (or similar retirement programs) and sustainability benefit ($500 annually to spend on increasing personal sustainability)