Senior Software Engineer Full Stack

We are a global team of innovators and pioneers dedicated to shaping the future of observability. At New Relic we build an intelligent platform that empowers companies to thrive in an AI-first world by giving them unparalleled insight into their complex systems. As we continue to expand our global footprint were looking for passionate people to join our mission. If youre ready to help the worlds best companies optimize their digital applications we invite you to explore a career with us!

Your opportunity

We are a global team of innovators and pioneers dedicated to shaping the future of observability. At New Relic we build an intelligent platform that empowers companies to thrive in an AI-first world by giving them unparalleled insight into their complex systems. As we continue to expand our global footprint were looking for passionate people to join our mission. If youre ready to help the worlds best companies optimize their digital applications we invite you to explore a career with us!

If you are driven by innovation passionate about technical excellence and ready to collaborate with a team of exceptional engineers apply now for this position at New Relic. Lets 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 todays dynamic digital landscape.

What youll do

• Full Stack Ownership: Contribute across the entire software development lifecycle from gathering user requirements and designing UI/UX solutions to developing robust backend APIs and ensuring seamless integration between front-end and back-end components. If you had to choose however youd say you prefer playing with complex data structures over designing the perfect form completion flow.
• Collaboration: Work closely with product managers UX designers and other engineering teams to translate user needs and business requirements into technical specifications and compelling product features.
• Performance & Optimization: Identify and address performance bottlenecks in both frontend and backend systems ensuring optimal responsiveness scalability and efficiency of our applications.
• Code Quality & Standards: Write clean maintainable and well-tested code for both UI and backend components adhering to high coding standards and participating actively in code reviews.
• Technical Leadership: Mentor and guide junior engineers fostering a culture of technical excellence continuous learning and innovation within the team.
• System Design: Participate in architectural discussions contributing to the design of scalable resilient and observable distributed systems.
• Troubleshooting & Support: Take ownership of issues from development to production providing support and troubleshooting to ensure the stability and reliability of our services with a keen eye on user-facing aspects.
• Stay Current: Keep abreast of the latest UI/UX trends frontend technologies and backend advancements proactively recommending and implementing improvements.
• Look for ways to leverage generative ai in your work and in our product in truly useful ways. As gen ai advances youll be right there ready to adopt.

This role requires

• Experience: 5 years of hands-on experience in full-stack software development with a strong portfolio showcasing significant contributions to complex API and real time data solutions including streaming systems architecture and development
• Backend Mastery: Expert Java skills applied to public facing apis keeping the end user in mind
• Data Handling: Experience integrating UIs with complex data from service endpoints and working with various database systems (SQL/NoSQL like PostgreSQL MongoDB Elasticsearch).
• Distributed Systems: Understanding of microservices architecture distributed systems and how to build scalable and resilient full-stack applications.
• Frontend Expertise: Experience in modern JavaScript (ES6) TypeScript and a leading frontend framework like React (preferred) along with experience in state management (e.g. Redux Context API) and component-based architecture.
• UI/UX Acumen: Strong understanding of UI/UX design principles user-centered design methodologies and a passion for creating intuitive and aesthetically pleasing user experiences.
• Cloud & DevOps: Solid experience with cloud platforms (AWS GCP or Azure) containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes). Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Testing: Strong experience with frontend testing frameworks (e.g. Jest React Testing Library Cypress) and comprehensive understanding of UI testing techniques alongside backend testing.
• Problem-Solving: Excellent analytical problem-solving and debugging skills with a meticulous attention to detail particularly in visual and interactive elements.
• Communication & Collaboration: Exceptional communication skills to effectively collaborate with product managers designers and other engineers translating complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Agile Mindset: Ability to thrive in an Agile/Scrum environment adapt to evolving requirements and deliver high-quality code iteratively.

Bonus points if you have

• Experience with UI/UX design tools (e.g. Figma Sketch Adobe XD) for prototyping and collaboration.
• Familiarity with New Relic or other observability platforms.
• Experience with real-time data streaming technologies (e.g. Kafka).
• Contributions to open-source projects
• Knowledge of performance optimization techniques for large-scale web applications.
• AI/ML experience

Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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