Nexthink

Senior Backend Software Engineer (Java)

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Bengaluru, IndiaSenior

Responsibilities

  • Build end-to-end backend and data collection features in partnership with Endpoint engineers.
  • Own components from requirements and design through implementation, validation, deployment, monitoring, and operations.
  • Develop high-throughput data pipelines using Java, Kafka, Kafka Streams, and distributed systems.
  • Run and operate services on AWS with monitoring, alerting, and operational best practices.
  • Collaborate with Product and other teams to deliver core Nexthink platform functionality.
  • Maintain strong automated testing, code quality, automation, and maintainability practices.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience, ideally with backend or data-intensive systems.
  • Strong Java skills and deep JVM knowledge, including Java 17 and Java 21.
  • Understanding of concurrency, multithreading, thread safety, and concurrent data structures.
  • Experience building microservices with Spring Boot or Micronaut.
  • Experience with event-driven architectures and distributed systems.
  • Strong SQL skills and hands-on experience with high-volume relational databases or data warehouses such as Postgres.
  • Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka and Kafka Streams, including stateless and stateful topologies.
  • Hands-on AWS service experience, including monitoring, alerting, and operational practices.
  • Strong automated testing experience covering unit and integration testing.
  • Experience with agentic AI coding tools such as Claude Code or Cursor.
  • Fluent spoken and written English.
  • Desirable experience includes DevOps, GitOps, infrastructure as code, FluxCD, Helm, Kustomize, ClickHouse, DataDog, and Prometheus/Grafana.

Benefits

  • Permanent contract with a competitive compensation package.
  • Hybrid work model balancing office and remote work, with structured onboarding for new hires.
  • Flexible hours and unlimited paid time off, in addition to 22 holidays, 12 company-paid bank holidays, sick leave, bereavement leave, and 3 annual volunteering days.
  • Health insurance through ACKO with OPD coverage for dental, vision, check-ups, consultations, and pharmacy expenses.
  • Access to professional training platforms.
  • Personal accident insurance with coverage up to three times annual CTC.
  • Maternity, paternity, and adoption leave provisions.
  • Gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act after a minimum of 5 years of employment.
  • Referral bonuses after three months of continuous employment.

Tech Stack

Apache KafkaAWSClickHouseDatadogGrafanaHelmJavaPostgreSQLPrometheusSpring BootSQL

Categories

BackendData Engineering
Nexthink

About Nexthink

1,001-5,000 employees

Nexthink builds a digital employee experience (DEX) management platform used by enterprise IT teams to monitor endpoints, analyze performance, capture sentiment, and remediate issues at scale. It sells cloud-based software and services on a subscription model to improve reliability and support across the digital workplace. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Prilly, Switzerland, the company is privately held and backed by Vista Equity Partners.

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