Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Data Layer
Job description
Senior backend engineer on Camunda's Data Layer team, building and evolving the storage and query layer that keeps Camunda 8's process data fast, accurate, and available at scale across relational databases and Elasticsearch/OpenSearch.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Remote · United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
- Pay
- USD 143,800 – 231,900 / year
What you'll do
- Design, build, and maintain backend services for the data layer that stores and serves Camunda 8's process data, spanning relational databases and Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, with an eye toward correctness, performance, and scale.
- Own the end-to-end delivery of engineering initiatives, working with Product Management and colleagues across the business to break down requirements into concrete solution designs, driving projects to timely and high-quality delivery.
- Help evolve how we process, retain, and expose process data, so customers can work with their data the way they need to.
- Invest in making our secondary storage systems more performant and scalable as usage grows, and build tooling that makes it easier to understand, troubleshoot, and safely operate the data layer in production.
- Participate in L3 support and on-call rotations, partnering with Support and SRE to investigate data layer production issues, and feeding what you learn back into the product.
What we're looking for
- At least 7 years of experience as a backend engineer, in Java, with a strong focus on backend systems and production data stores
- Deep experience with both Relational Databases (ideally PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, or MSSQL), and Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, with a practical understanding of query performance, indexing, and data modeling trade-offs
- Proven experience leading medium-to-large engineering initiatives (3+ months) end-to-end — solution design, project planning, coordinating across teams, and driving predictable delivery.
- Comfortable investigating slow queries, execution plans, and index usage to root-cause data-related production issues.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills in a remote-first environment: you translate requirements into actionable technical work with Product, and give and receive clear, direct feedback in code review.
Nice to have
- Experience building workflow automation or process orchestration software.
- Experience building or maintaining CI pipelines.
- Understanding of database migration tooling (e.g. Liquibase, Flyway) and schema evolution in a live system.
Your team
Data Layer team
Builds and evolves the storage and query layer that keeps Camunda 8's process data fast, accurate, and available at scale, spanning relational databases and Elasticsearch/OpenSearch.
Benefits
Remote & Flexible: Work from anywhere with the setup that suits you, home office budget, co-working space support, and flexible time off to recharge when you need it.
In Person Connection: Annual Kickoff (Vienna in 2025, Madrid in 2026!), team offsites, and Camundi Connection Budgets, including contributing to meetups while travelling, and local gatherings with fellow Camundi.
Health & Wellbeing: locally tailored healthcare, Modern Health for global mental wellbeing, and the Live Well Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA).
Financial Security: Retirement and pension plans (often with company contributions), plus life and disability insurance where relevant.
- Professional Growth: Up to $/€/£1,000 per year for self-driven learning: courses, certifications, books.
- Equity through our Virtual Stock Option Plan (VSOP) where applicable.
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About Camunda
The enterprise platform for agentic orchestration
Camunda is the enterprise platform for agentic orchestration, enabling organizations to coordinate AI agents, people, and systems across complex, end-to-end business processes. With built-in governance, auditability, and human oversight, Camunda gives enterprises the control they need to move AI from pilots to production — safely and at scale.
Mission
Enabling organizations to coordinate AI agents, people, and systems across complex, end-to-end business processes.
Key facts
- Enterprise software / business process automation
- Trusted by over 700 organizations worldwide, including 9 of top 10 US banks
- Fully remote and global
- Transforming into an AI-first organisation, built on its own platform
- Named GP Bullhound's Top 100 Next Unicorn list
- 2025 Great Place to Work certified
- Visionary in 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies
- Ranked 3rd in Flexa's 2026 Most Flexible Companies
What they value
- Everyone is welcome at Camunda
- Inclusive environment that empowers our people
- Honour diverse cultures and backgrounds