Sr Software Engineer - Java

Egnyte; Poznań; Hybrid; PLN 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

50TB cloud storage

MultiSport card

Gift cards monthly

Private medical healthcare

Job summary

Egnyte is seeking a seasoned backend engineering leader to drive PLG-focused features, onboarding, and self-service growth. You will own architectural direction, manage technical debt, and collaborate with Product, DevOps, and SRE to align infrastructure with the PLG roadmap.

You will mentor engineers, ensure stack stability, and contribute to a culture of continuous learning while maintaining high standards and strong performance across the team.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Java for backend development and system integration.
• Experience in SaaS backend engineering with ownership of server-side systems including API design, feature flag management, and production deployments.
• Hands-on experience with database state management and data migration — writing and executing migration scripts, resolving data inconsistencies, and coordinating safe rollouts between legacy and new system configurations.
• Familiarity with QA processes and test automation — including defining regression testing scope, managing QA environments, and coordinating multi-phase release rollouts (RC → production).

Responsibilities

• Drive PLG Strategy: Lead scalable features focused on user onboarding, conversion, and self-service growth.
• Lead from the Front: Provide architectural direction and high-quality code.
• Own technical debt and scalability, ensuring the stack meets world-class engineering standards.
• Inject best practices into architecture to support rapid experimentation and product evolution.
• Mentor team members through design reviews and technical guidance.
• Bridge code and commerce by providing business context to technical decisions.
• Ensure high platform stability and optimize system productivity through automation and monitoring.
• Collaborate with Product, DevOps, and SRE to align infrastructure with the PLG roadmap.
• Strengthen engineering standards and foster a high-performing work environment.
• Hybrid Presence: Collaborate in person at least 3 days a week.

Skills

Java

Backend SaaS

API design

Data migrations

Job description

Egnyte is a place where we spark opportunities for amazing people. We believe that every role has a great impact, and every Egnyter should be respected. When joining Egnyte, you’re not just landing a new career, you become part of a team of Egnyters that are doers, thinkers, and collaborators who embrace and live by our values:

Invested Relationships

Fiscal Prudence

Candid Conversations

ABOUT EGNYTE

Egnyte is the secure multi-cloud platform for content security and governance that enables organizations to better protect and collaborate on their most valuable content. Established in 2008, Egnyte has democratized cloud content security for more than 22,000 organizations, helping customers improve data security, maintain compliance, prevent and detect ransomware threats, and boost employee productivity on any app, any cloud, anywhere. For more information, visit www.egnyte.com.

Our Product-Led Growth team enables Egnyte and our customers to unlock the full potential of the platform through a data-driven, proactive user experience. By building a scalable infrastructure for contextual in-app automation—ranging from personalized onboarding to intelligent feature recommendations—the team directly drives product adoption, customer retention (NDR).

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Technical Leadership & PLG Innovation

• Drive PLG Strategy: Lead the development of scalable features focused on user onboarding, conversion, and self-service growth.
• Lead from the Front: Act as a hands-on technical authority, providing architectural direction and high-quality code.
• Ownership: Own technical debt and scalability, ensuring the stack meets world-class engineering standards.
• Innovation: Inject best practices into Egnyte’s architecture to support rapid experimentation and product evolution.
• Enable Success: Mentor team members through design reviews and technical guidance, fostering a culture of continuous learning.
• Business Alignment: Bridge the gap between code and commerce by providing business context to technical decisions.
• Operational Excellence: Ensure high platform stability and optimize system productivity through automation and monitoring.
• Cross-functional Impact: Partner with Product, DevOps, and SRE to align infrastructure with the PLG roadmap.
• Culture Advocate: Strengthen Egnyte’s engineering standards and influence a high-performing work environment.
• Hybrid Presence: Collaborate in person at least 3 days a week .
• Reporting: Direct reporting to the Engineering Manager.

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS:

• Proficiency in Java — core language used for backend development and system integration within the team's technology stack.
• Experience in backend engineering in a SaaS environment, with ownership of server-side systems including API design, feature flag management, and production deployments.
• Hands-on experience with database state management and data migration — writing and executing migration scripts, resolving data inconsistencies, and coordinating safe rollouts between legacy and new system configurations.
• Familiarity with QA processes and test automation — including defining regression testing scope, managing QA environments, and coordinating multi-phase release rollouts (RC → production).

BENEFITS:

• Attractive salary package based on skillset
• Your own Egnyte account with lifetime access to 50TB of cloud storage
• MyBenefit: you can choose a MultiSport card or gift cards every month
• Private medical healthcare

Equal Opportunity Employment

At Egnyte, we celebrate our unique differences and thrive on our diversity for our employees, our products, our customers, our investors, and our communities. Our global Egnyte Employee Communities (EECs) support representation and inclusion across our diverse workplace. Egnyters are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work and to appreciate the many differences that collectively make Egnyte a higher-performing company and a great place to be.

Any employees with questions or concerns about equal employment opportunities in the workplace are encouraged to bring these issues to the attention of [e-mail]. Egnyte, Inc. will not allow any form of retaliation against employees who raise issues of equal employment opportunity. If employees feel they have been subjected to any such retaliation, they should contact [e-mail]. To ensure the workplace is free of artificial barriers, violation of this policy including any improper retaliatory conduct will lead to discipline, up to and including discharge. All employees must cooperate with all investigations conducted pursuant to this policy.