Associate Software Engineer (Java, Distributed Systems and Databases)

Location: Portland, Oregon, USA

Estimated base pay: $98,000–$123,000 USD annually

Company

hirify.global develops an intelligent observability platform, including proprietary telemetry database technology for data ingestion, storage, and querying.

What you will do

• Develop features for the NRDB telemetry database with a focus on performance and efficiency.
• Implement scalable solutions and improve application performance.
• Improve service reliability and help maintain systems that process millions of messages per second and exabytes of data.
• Participate in the pager rotation and respond to system failures when on call.

Requirements

• 2+ years of professional experience in distributed SaaS software development.
• Proficiency in Java, algorithms, data structures, and high-throughput software development using best practices.
• Deeper understanding of distributed systems and their core challenges.
• Experience using the command line to manage, investigate, and fix issues.
• Experience with databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Redis, or MongoDB.
• Familiarity with a public cloud platform: AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes or Docker.
• Understanding of computer science fundamentals.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with networking and load balancing for low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems.
• Familiarity with modern observability and alerting patterns.
• Experience debugging and troubleshooting with tools such as Java Flight Recorder.
• Experience working in distributed teams and asynchronously across North America and Europe.

Culture & Benefits

• Employment includes healthcare, dental, vision, parental leave and planning, mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, flexible time off, 11 paid holidays, and volunteer time off.
• The company supports office-based, remote, and hybrid workplaces through a flexible workforce model.
• Eligible for a corporate bonus plan.
• Participation in pager rotation and occasional on-call work is required.
• A criminal background check and employment eligibility verification are required; some roles may require export compliance assessment.

Hiring process

• Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes or CVs unless they have a signed agreement with hirify.global.
• Reasonable accommodation requests may be sent to resume@newrelic.com.