Senior Software Engineer (Java)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Java): Building and optimizing high-load backend services for a distributed data platform with an accent on API design, database performance, and scalability. Focus on microservices architecture, solving complex concurrency challenges, and ensuring system reliability under heavy traffic.

Location: Must be able to legally work in Spain (Barcelona). Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Flexible work model (fully office-based, fully remote, or hybrid) within Spain.

Company

hirify.global is a global team dedicated to shaping the future of observability, building an intelligent platform that empowers companies to thrive in an AI-first world with unparalleled insight into their complex systems.

What you will do

• Build, maintain, and scale back-end services and their support tools.
• Participate in architectural definitions with innovation and creativity.
• Create automation and tooling to make systems more scalable and easier to deploy.
• Work directly within a multidisciplinary team to help customers and partners.
• Research new tools and services to understand complex scenarios and propose new features.
• Work in an agile environment with a DevOps approach, including on-call duties.

Requirements

• Experience with distributed systems, concurrency, and scaling in a production environment.
• Strong experience in writing software in Java and ability to adapt to other languages and frameworks.
• Familiarity with asynchronous programming techniques like streams, event-based flows, and message queues.
• Comfort in a fast-paced environment focused on delivering production code regularly using Agile methodologies.
• Collaborative work style that includes colleagues in important decisions and leads to shared code ownership.
• Proficiency in English.

Nice to have

• Contribution to open source projects.
• Understanding and applying build and test automation for efficiency and reliability.
• Experience in technical mentorship and supporting colleagues' skill development.

Culture & Benefits

• Fostering a diverse, welcoming, and inclusive environment.
• Flexible workforce model allowing fully office-based, fully remote, or hybrid work.
• Opportunity to work with a diverse tech stack including Go, Java, JavaScript, React, GraphQL, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Kafka, and Kubernetes.
• Work with some of the best engineers on complex industry problems.
• Empowering all Relics to achieve professional and business success through a flexible workforce model.

Hiring process

• Identity and eligibility to work verification required upon hiring.
• Criminal background check required to join hirify.global.
• Certain hirify.global roles may require candidates to pass an export compliance assessment.