Tech Lead, Engineering - Data Layer

Camunda; Whittingham; Remote; GBP 85,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Tech Lead for its Data Layer team, overseeing the design and optimization of scalable solutions in a data-intensive environment. The role involves leadership in technical direction and architectural decisions, while fostering quality and collaboration with a dynamic engineering team.

Benefits

Flexible time off

Home office equipment budget

Virtual shares from VSOP

Global well-being program

Professional growth benefit up to £1000 annually

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Java and relational databases.
• Project management skills with a focus on engineering quality.
• Experience in coaching and leading teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural direction and design scalable solutions.
• Champion engineering quality through mentoring and code reviews.
• Stay hands-on and resolve technical challenges.

Skills

Java

Project Management

Coaching

Communication

Monitoring and Performance Improvement

Education

5+ years of experience as a Java Backend Engineer

Tools

Spring

Spring Boot

Maven

Docker

PostgreSQL

Oracle

MariaDB

Elasticsearch/OpenSearch

GitHub

Job description

Camunda Middle Barton, England, United Kingdom

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We are Camunda - where your work will have real impact! Picture yourself at a company where your work isn’t just another task on a list, but a key driver of transformation for hundreds of organizations. Your work will directly shape how hundreds of enterprises like Atlassian, NASA, and Goldman Sachs – orchestrate their most critical processes to drive digital transformation.

In 2024, we crossed the $100 million mark in ARR – an incredible milestone in our growth story. We’ve been named in GP Bullhound’s 2024 Top 100 Next Unicorn list, we’ve earned Flexa’s stamp as a truly flexible workplace, and we proudly hold Great Place to Work certification in both the USA and UK. As a fully remote, global company, we’re rewriting the rules of how modern businesses operate.

And we’re just getting started! We are growing fast and on a mission to find the very best talent in the world. If you’re ready to bring your bold ideas to a fast-paced, dynamic team, keep reading – this role could be the one you’ve been waiting for.

About the Role:

The Data Layer team is responsible for designing, maintaining, and optimizing the data systems of the Core application. This means building robust and scalable solutions in a data-intensive application, while focusing on high performance and efficiency.

Ownership of the data layer involves developing features relating to data storage, monitoring and improving read and write performance, and collaborating with other teams to support application development and its evolving data requirements.

As Tech Lead, you will guide the team in designing, implementing, and documenting complex features. Together with collaborators within Engineering, you will play a key role in defining the architectural direction and ensuring its successful execution.

Technologies used by the team are: Java, Relational Databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle, MariaDB), Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Spring Boot, Spring, Maven, Docker, Helm.

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What You’ll Be Doing:

The Data Layer team builds the systems that process, structure, and optimize process automation event streams for efficient querying by applications and services. As a mission-critical team, their work directly impacts application stability, business decision-making, and the company's success.

We are looking for a Tech Lead to help design and implement solutions to complex problems, and take a leading role in designing and evolving the data architecture to serve our customer’s needs. You will work closely with the team’s Engineering Manager, Software Architects, Product Managers, and other Engineers.

As a Tech Lead, you will:

• Drive architectural direction by leading the design of scalable, well-balanced solutions that shape the evolution of Camunda 8. Collaborate with stakeholders across product, architecture, and leadership to influence high-impact technical decisions grounded in both long-term vision and practical constraints.
• Champion engineering quality by coaching engineers on pragmatic best practices that balance delivery speed with sustainability. Promote maintainability, efficiency, and performance by setting internal standards and upholding them through mentoring, code reviews, and technical leadership.
• Lead complex initiatives, shaping solution architectures, creating delivery plans, and ensuring transparency through clear communication with all stakeholders.
• Explore and de-risk unknowns by conducting technical spikes and defining paths forward on challenges with high uncertainty or complexity.
• Stay hands-on when needed, from establishing foundational architectural patterns or strategies to tackle technical debt, to unblocking the team by fixing CI issues or contributing critical code.
• Ensure product robustness, contributing to performant, secure, and well-tested features, assisting with third-level support, and continuously improving tooling, performance, and developer experience.
  
  

What You Bring:

• 5+ years of experience as a Java Backend Engineer.
• Excellent knowledge and experience using Java and at least one of the following Databases: Relational Databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle, MariaDB), Elasticsearch/OpenSearch
• Practical experience working with Spring, Spring Boot, Maven, and Docker
• Ambition and drive to understand and evolve an established codebase and data model that solves complex business problems
• Excellent project management skills, and the ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal form
• Passion to coach other engineers, making other people better by sharing your expertise, and improving team practices.
• You thrive in taking ownership of the codebase, as well as how you deploy and operate software. You are comfortable with the “you build it, you run it” mindset.
• Ability and/or willingness to use our product
  
  

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience with both Elasticsearch and RDBMS is strongly preferred
• Knowledge of GitHub workflows and actions
  
  

What We Have to Offer:

Compensation

For external hires, we consider the skills and experience of the incoming candidate, but typically place candidates in the first half of the range to ensure ample room for growth over the entire lifecycle of the role.

Below is the annual Total Target Cash Compensation (Total Cash) range for Camundi located in one of our entities. Total Cash refers to base salary and 100% attainment of variable target, where applicable. Actual Total Cash offered will depend on factors such as skills and qualifications related to the role. To comprise the Total Rewards package, Camunda also offers equity (where applicable) in the form of a Virtual Employee Stock Option Plan and benefits based on the country of residence.

The annual Total Cash range for this position for Camundi in our entities is as follows:

• United States: $131,200.00 to $196,800.00
• Germany: €87,300.00 to €130,900.00
• United Kingdom: £85,000.00 to £127,500.00
• Singapore: S$162,900.00 to S$244,400.00
  
  

If you are outside one of these countries, you would be employed by our Preferred Employer Organization (PEO), Remote. After applying for the role and speaking with one of our Talent Acquisition Partners, you will be provided a link to access the Camunda Total Rewards Calculator which will outline the Total Cash range for your country.

Benefits

• A remote by design culture, we believe talent is global!
• We support our employees in maintaining a healthy work/life balance, so we offer and encourage flexible time off at Camunda. Use your flexible time for anything that helps you recharge your batteries or maintain your life outside of work.
• A home office equipment budget and the choice of hardware. Mac, Windows, Linux - you choose what works best for you or/and you can work from a coworking space.
• We are committed to fostering a nurturing workplace where your health is prioritized and we help you to thrive. That's why we've teamed up with Modern Health to provide a global well-being program accessible to all Camundi.
• Beyond therapy and coaching sessions, Modern Health also offers guided meditations, digital wellness kits, and accessible learning content ranging from mental health, financial wellness, physical movement and more!
• To promote movement we also pay towards your fitness activities.
• Power your self-driven learning journey and elevate your skills by unlocking up to 1000 $/€/£ annually with the Professional Growth Benefit.
• We understand our employees contribute immeasurably to Camunda’s success. To allow employees to benefit from that success, every Camunda employee is offered virtual shares from our Virtual Stock Option Plan (VSOP).
  

More of what we offer globally & in your country can be found here.

"Everyone is welcome at Camunda” — this is a celebrated component of our culture. We strive to create an inclusive environment that empowers our people. At Camunda, we honour diverse cultures and backgrounds and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to gender, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other protected characteristics under applicable law. We are looking forward to your application!

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• Employment type

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