Software Engineer 1

Your opportunity

If you are driven by innovation, passionate about technical excellence, and ready to collaborate with a team of exceptional engineers, apply now for the position of Software Engineer at New Relic. Let's embark on an exciting journey of innovation and technical advancements together! At New Relic, we provide businesses with a state-of-the-art observability platform, leveraging advanced technologies to deliver real-time insights into the performance of software applications and infrastructure. As a company at the forefront of the industry, we enable organizations to monitor, analyze, and optimize their systems to achieve enhanced reliability, performance, and user experience. Join us in our mission to revolutionize observability and empower businesses in today's dynamic digital landscape.

What You'll Do

• Drive the design, development, and enhancement of core features and functionalities of our observability platform, leveraging Java, microservices architecture, and cloud technologies (AWS/Azure/GCP) to deliver scalable and reliable solutions.
• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code for highly scalable systems.
• Act as a subject matter expert, guiding and mentoring a team of talented software engineers to achieve technical excellence and deliver high-quality code.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement robust, scalable, and efficient systems that meet the demands of our growing customer base, utilizing Kubernetes for container orchestration.
• Employ strong problem-solving skills and knowledge of data structures to develop effective solutions.
• Utilize version control systems like Git (with platforms such as GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket) and build tools like Maven/Gradle in your development workflow.
• Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies, constantly researching and experimenting with innovative solutions to enhance our observability platform.
• Work closely with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions, advocating for best practices and promoting a collaborative work environment.
• Be proactive in identifying and addressing performance bottlenecks, applying optimizations, and maintaining the stability and availability of our platform.
• Encourage a culture of continuous learning, improvement, and innovation within the engineering team, sharing knowledge and promoting professional growth.
  
  

This Role Requires

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Development, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 2-4 years of professional experience as a Software Engineer.
• Strong proficiency in Java and experience building microservices.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Solid understanding and practical experience with Kubernetes.
• Proficiency with version control systems (e.g., Git) and hosting platforms (e.g., GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket).
• Experience with build tools like Maven or Gradle.
• Demonstrated experience in designing, developing, and maintaining large-scale, highly scalable systems.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and a strong foundation in data structures and algorithms.
• Aptitude for learning new technologies and languages quickly.
• Strong understanding of scalable distributed systems.
• Passion for exploring new technologies and finding creative solutions to complex problems.
• Excellent collaboration abilities, with the capacity to work effectively with cross-functional teams, present ideas, and communicate technical concepts clearly.
  
  

Good To Have Skills

• Experience with Kafka for messaging and event streaming.
• Familiarity with the Spring Boot framework.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools, particularly Terraform.
• Domain knowledge in Observability (metrics, logging, tracing).
  
  

Bonus Points If You Have

• Experience with stream processing technologies, preferably Flink.
• Contributions to open-source projects.
• Experience building and maintaining high-throughput data pipelines.
• Prior experience working on an Observability product, especially in the SaaS vendor space.
  
  

Fostering a diverse, welcoming and inclusive environment is important to us. We work hard to make everyone feel comfortable bringing their best, most authentic selves to work every day. We celebrate our talented Relics’ different backgrounds and abilities, and recognize the different paths they took to reach us – including nontraditional ones. Their experiences and perspectives inspire us to make our products and company the best they can be. We’re looking for people who feel connected to our mission and values, not just candidates who check off all the boxes.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application or recruiting process, please reach out to resume@newrelic.com.

We believe in empowering all Relics to achieve professional and business success through a flexible workforce model. This model allows us to work in a variety of workplaces that best support our success, including fully office-based, fully remote, or hybrid.

Our hiring process

In compliance with applicable law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work and to complete employment eligibility verification. Note: Our stewardship of the data of thousands of customers’ means that a criminal background check is required to join New Relic.

We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records based on individual circumstances and in accordance with applicable law including, but not limited to, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

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