Senior Back-End Software Engineer - System Change Tracking

Company: New Relic
Location: Washington
Posted on: May 16, 2022

Job Description:

DescriptionYour OpportunityNew Relic is looking for a creative and enterprising Sr. Back-End Software Engineer to build a brand new, greenfield, never-before-seen product. The product will be focused on helping teams contextualize deployments, systems events, CI/CD events, and operational changes with their application telemetry and performance data. - You'll also help us build fresh experiences that allow developers and SREs to leverage these data to resolve issues faster. Additionally, your work will help inform how New Relic builds strategic partnerships with leading technology vendors worldwide.This position offers an opportunity to be a founding member of a team that's starting from scratch to make something completely novel and unrivaled. That means fast growth and ample opportunities to develop new skills. You will also have an opportunity to make an immediate and significant impact on the New Relic One user experience and the success of our strategic initiatives.You will work closely with product managers, designers, and developers to define and execute on the product roadmap. Your insight, technical expertise, and creativity will help us translate outcomes into deliverables and evolve our vision for this product. Your leadership skills will help cement the product team as a key player within the larger New Relic ecosystem. What You'll DoBecome a founding member of a team tasked with making a new, innovative product, and help foster a creative, collaborative team culture.Write code (of course!)Collaborate with fellow engineers and cross functional product teams to build end-to-end solutions for our customers.Own the entire software development lifecycle-from technical strategy definition to delivery, to end of life.Help translate the product strategy (which is informed by customer and market insights, competitive analysis, our technical capabilities, and internal programs/assets) into actionable developer assignments.Communicate insights and technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders to enable faster strategy iteration.Work in an agile environment with a DevOps approach-teams build and maintain their own software, including taking turns with being on-call.Opportunity to work from a remote office may be available depending on the applicant's location.Your QualificationsMust-have:5+ years of software engineering experience using modern object-oriented programming languages such as Java, C#, or C++Experience with relational data stores (such as PostgreSQL)Experience building and operating scalable, fault-tolerant, maintainable distributed systemsExperience defining and building robust APIsAttention to detail and quality of implementationNice-to-have:Experience working on a software product teamExperience with test automation toolsIn-depth Java development experience (e.g. knowledge of how the GC works, multi-threading, etc.)Experience with distributed streaming/messaging systems such as Kafka or SQSExperience developing GraphQL APIsExperience with Terraform or other infrastructure as code toolingExperience with cloud-based deployments and architecture (especially AWS)Experience with AWS EKS, and/or KubernetesKnowledge of full-stack software engineering principlesPlease note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.We're looking for bold and passionate people to be a part of our mission to create more perfect software. We'd love to have you apply, even if you don't feel you meet every single requirement. What's most important to us is finding authentic and accountable people who feel connected to our mission and values, not just candidates who check off all the boxes.We believe in empowering all Relics to achieve professional, and business success through a workforce model called Flex First. The Flex First model allows us to work in a variety of workplaces that best support our success, including fully office-based, fully remote, or a combination of both.Read more about Flex First and New Relic's vaccine policy as part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.About UsNew Relic (NYSE: NEWR) is a cloud-based observability platform that gives developers, engineers, operations, and management a clear view of what's happening in today's complex software environments. That's why the world's best engineering teams rely on New Relic to visualize, analyze, and optimize their software. It's the simplest, most powerful cloud-based observability platform, built to create more perfect software.Founded in 2008, we're a global company passionate about building a culture where all employees feel a deep sense of belonging, where every 'Relic' can bring their whole self to work and feel supported and empowered to thrive. We're consistently recognized as a distinguished employer and are committed to building world-class products and an award-winning culture. For more information, visit newrelic.com.We provide competitive compensation including equity and big-company benefits (medical, dental, etc.)-all while maintaining the energy, agility, and fun of a start-up.Our Hiring ProcessIn compliance with applicable law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work and to complete employment eligibility verification.Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this website or directly to managers. New Relic does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes, and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with New Relic.New Relic is an equal opportunity employer. We eagerly seek a diverse applicant pool and hire without regard to race, color, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical abilities (or disability), age, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.#LI-AJ2 -#LI-Remote

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