Sumo Logic is hiring a
Staff Engineer, Backend in United States

Summary

The Staff Engineer will design, architect, and implement scalable backend systems, lead cross-team discussions on system design and architecture, and participate in interviewing, mentoring junior engineers. They must have experience with Scala or Java, SQL databases, Kafka, modern CI/CD tooling, and a desire for small frequent releases. Preferred qualifications include experience in an on-call rotation and competency with DynamoDB and other databases.

Requirements

• Experience in backend development with Scala, Java, Golang, or Python. Scala or Java preferred
• Experience with PostgreSQL or other SQL databases. We also use DynamoDB and others
• Kafka experience is great
• Competency with modern CI/CD tooling like Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible & Jenkins
• A desire to see features through from development to deployment in production environments
• Experience in an on-call rotation and the mindset that you and your team are responsible for the product support for the products you build and deploy

Responsibilities

• Evaluate requirements, define technical specifications, review design and communicate to stakeholders
• Lead, organize, and participate in cross-team discussions on system design and architecture
• Participate in interviewing, onboarding, and mentoring junior engineers
• Write scalable systems to store/index large amounts of data and performant queries/aggregations on that data
• Participate in an on-call rotation to manage incidents and support the services you have developed
• Drive root cause identification and issue resolution with the various data infrastructure teams

Preferred Qualifications

Competency with DynamoDB and other databases is preferred

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision insurance
• 401k and Life Insurance options
• Unlimited PTO with 15+ days of recognized holidays
• Quarterly Wellness days
• 100% remote with the option to be in the office if you want (Bay Area, Austin, Denver, NYC)
• 3 months of paid parental leave