Alerts Java Senior Software Engineer – Distributed Systems – (Remote)
Senior Software Engineer
Req ID
FY24|R&D|#6259
Location(s)
Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Austin, Texas, USA; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Houston, Texas, USA; Portland, Oregon, USA;
Work arrangement(s)
Fully Remote (works exclusively from home), Hybrid (works from home and New Relic office throughout the week)
Your opportunity
At New Relic, we are an equal opportunity employer whose foundation was built on empathy and authenticity. We love making tools for software and ops engineers. Our software helps customers answer their most important questions by allowing them to visualize, explore, and reason about their ops, applications, and customer data. Maintain a work-life balance that enables you to thrive by using unlimited flex time-off, twelve weeks of paid parental leave, and our volunteer time off program!New Relic is at the center of a critical part of today’s software industry, observability of distributed systems, and Alerts is critical for monitoring distributed systems. Observability of these systems is by no means a solved problemit’s a relatively young field, full of interesting challenges and potential.As a Senior Software EngineerI on the New Relic Alerts team, you will be a critical contributor to the future of New Relic Alerting. You will join one of our high performing teams and be hyper-focused on solving our customers problems. Our Products help engineers detect, understand, and resolve incidents faster and find insights in their data that would otherwise go unnoticed.You will be responsible for the foundation of our customers alerting experience through building exciting new alerting features.
What you’ll do
Work collaboratively on a team using agile practices to ship software incrementallyBuild new, and improve existing, alerting features in our high-throughput streaming systemsCollaborate closely with product management and other engineering teamsDevelop and deploy your code multiple times per dayBe a part of a small team of engineers collectively accountable for the reliability and security of the teams softwareContribute to the architecture of new alert evaluation models, including utilizing machine learningHelp ensure the team and our systems are up to date on the latest technologies (once proven stable and advantageous)Work with a DevOps approach – we build and maintain our own software, including taking turns being on-call, and tailoring our own on-call alert policies to prevent pager-fatigue
This role requires
5+ years of professional experience in software development with robust engineering teams building high throughput, distributed systemsDemonstrated understanding of the tradeoffs between availability, consistency, and partition tolerance2+ year of hands on experience with complex streaming data systems5+ years of experience writing production quality Java codeAttention to detail and consistency of implementationComfortable working on a team where code quality and code reviews are prioritizedWillingness to be on-call for the services the team ownsPassion for accuracy and observability
Bonus points if you have
Experience scaling high throughput systems, streaming systemsTerraform and Kubernetes experience is a plusAWS or other cloud services experience is a plusDirect experience with stream processing distributed state managementPlease note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.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. Were 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 visit to submit your request.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
Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.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.Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this website or directly to managers. New Relic does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes, and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with New Relic.New Relic is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, free from all types of discrimination, so our Relics can thrive. We hire people with different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.Candidates are evaluated based on qualifications, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, age, disability, neurodiversity, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other legally protected characteristics.Review our Applicant Privacy Notice at .Estimated Base Pay Range: $ 146,000 – $ 182,000The pay range above represents a reasonable estimate of the salary for the listed position. This role is eligible for a corporate bonus plan. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related factors such as an applicants skills, qualifications, and experience.New Relic provides a variety of benefits for this role, including healthcare, dental, vision, parental leave and planning, mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, flex time-off, 11 paid holidays, volunteer time off, and other competitive benefits designed to improve the lives of our employees.
Wage – midpoint
182,000
Wage – minimum
146,000
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