Camunda

Software Engineer, Backend - Data Layer

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11 days ago
Remote, EMEAMid Level

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain backend services for Camunda 8’s process-data storage and serving layer across relational databases and Elasticsearch/OpenSearch.
  • Own engineering initiatives from requirements breakdown and solution design through timely, high-quality delivery.
  • Evolve process-data processing, retention, exposure, and streaming to external systems.
  • Improve the performance and scalability of secondary storage systems and build production troubleshooting and operations tooling.
  • Participate in L3 support and on-call rotations, investigating production issues with Support and SRE and feeding findings back into the product.

Requirements

  • At least four years of experience as a backend engineer focused on backend systems and production data stores.
  • Hands-on experience with at least one of PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MSSQL, or Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, including query performance, indexing, and data-modeling trade-offs.
  • Experience breaking down complex engineering initiatives, writing technical designs, and delivering reliably.
  • Ability to investigate slow queries, execution plans, and index usage to diagnose production data issues.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills in a remote-first environment.
  • Experience with workflow automation or process orchestration software is preferred.
  • Experience with both relational databases and Elasticsearch/OpenSearch is preferred.
  • Experience building or maintaining CI pipelines is preferred.
  • Understanding of Liquibase, Flyway, or similar database migration tooling and schema evolution is preferred.

Benefits

  • Fully remote and flexible work with home-office budget, coworking-space support, and flexible time off.
  • Annual Kickoff, team offsites, connection budgets, meetup contributions, and local gatherings.
  • Locally tailored healthcare, Modern Health mental-wellbeing support, and the Live Well Lifestyle Spending Account.
  • Retirement and pension plans, potentially with company contributions, plus life and disability insurance where relevant.
  • Up to $/€/£1,000 per year for self-directed learning, including courses, certifications, and books.
  • Global hiring through Remote.com where applicable; the role is fully remote and global.

Tech Stack

ElasticsearchFlywayMariaDBMicrosoft SQL ServerMySQLPostgreSQL

Categories

BackendData Engineering
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About Camunda

501-1,000 employees
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