Staff Software Engineer - Java

This is a remote position.

**this is a remote role, but candidates are required to maintain a permanent residence and work in the US**

The seasoned backend Staff Software Engineer will have exceptional experience in Java and technologies such as Spring, Hibernate, Kafka and Protobuf and will be responsible for delivering back end and user-facing components to our client’s customers.

• Have prior experience working in a startup or in a startup like environment
  
• Be flexible, collaborative, strong communicator, passionate about contributing to a developing product, and possess an "all hands on deck" mentality
  
• Be willing to share on-call responsibilities - evenings, weekends, and Holidays
  
• Exceptional Java development experience and backend focused
  
• Spring experience
  
• Experience with Data Virtualization, Distributed File Systems (DFS), NFS, and Kubernetes
  

The Role

• Design, implement, and support functionality in components ranging from data and policy analysis, RESTful web services, distributed and failsafe job executors, and telemetry gathering.
  
• These components involve languages/technologies such as Java, C, Spring, JPA/Hibernate, Jersey, Python, and SaltStack.
  
• Work with Software Architects and Product Management to design, deliver and enhance product features.
  
• Optimize existing code to improve performance, stability, supportability and usability.
  
• Develop software confidence and reliability by using best practices and current software patterns, creating unit tests and mock tooling, writing clear and understandable code which lends itself to maintainability.
  
• Estimate and report development efforts.
  
• Participate in all aspects of peer code reviews.
  
• Test software solutions appropriately before delivery to the testing team.
  
• Work with the test team to provide TOIs and review test plans and test automation.
  
• Work with Customer Support and customers, if needed to resolve issues in the field.
  
• Work remotely with a global team, communicating effectively via Slack, Zoom, Email, Confluence, Jira and Bitbucket.
  
• Due to this being a startup and small team, all team members are expected to share on-call situations, which can include evenings, weekends, and Holidays.
  

Who You Are

• Prior experience working in a startup or in a startup like environment.
  
• Flexible, collaborative, strong communicator, passionate about contributing to a developing product, and possess an "all hands on deck" mentality.
  
• 10+ years post graduate professional experience in Software Engineering - backend focus
  
• Exceptional Java 8, Spring skills (and recent).
  
• Working knowledge of Tomcat, Jersey, Jackson, REST API design, Hibernate, JPA, PostgreSQL or similar, Kafka, SaltStack.
  
• Experience designing and working with enterprise applications.
  
• Ability to design features that require concurrency (utilizing threads, mutexes, semaphores).
  
• Experience debugging complex issues in a distributed environment.
  
• Understanding of the software development process, including OOAD, unit testing, test-driven design, and good understanding of design patterns.
  
• Working knowledge of source control management systems such as Git.
  
• Experience delivering and supporting features across multiple releases.
  
• An aptitude for using Linux.
  
• 10+ years of related experience with a BS in Computer Science or equivalent degree; or 6+ years and a Master’s degree; or 3+ years with a PhD.
  

What Will Set You Apart

• Storage system domain knowledge.
  
• Experience integrating with cloud storage providers and APIs.
  
• Experience with Bash, Grizzly, InfluxDB, Thrift, ONC RPC, JClouds, Protobuf, Swagger, Mockito and/or JMock.
  
• JavaScript & React experience.
  
• Experience working with CMake and Maven.
  

• Comprehensive Health Plans
  
• Flexible PTO
  
• Stock Options
  
• Continued Education
  
• Work / Life Balance
  
• 401k