Java Software Engineer, Scalable Telemetry

New Relic, Inc.; Portland (OR); Remote; USD 126,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Dental

Vision

Parental leave

Mental health benefits

401(k) plan and match

Flexible time-off

11 paid holidays

Job summary

New Relic, Inc. is seeking an engineer to own the NRDB query gateway stack and contribute to the core telemetry database technology. You will build and maintain scalable distributed Java services, participate in cross-team collaborations, and help ensure performance and reliability across regions and clouds.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years in collaborative software development, strong CS fundamentals, and hands-on Java or similar OO language experience, with a DevOps mindset and on-call readiness.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in collaborative software development.
• Strong CS fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, and modern software design.
• Self-starter with ownership over code and commitments.
• Ability to go deep on the command-line and fix things when they’re broken.
• Experience in Java, or equivalent OOP language (C++, C#).

Responsibilities

• Own the New Relic query gateway stack.
• Collaborate with AI, Visualizations, and Data Processing teams.
• Build and maintain scalable distributed Java services and petabyte-scale infrastructure.
• Investigate and resolve critical performance, availability, and resiliency issues in a multi-region, multi-cloud setup.
• Work in an agile DevOps environment and participate in on-call rotations.

Skills

Java

Distributed systems

DevOps

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Job description

New Relic, Inc. is seeking an engineer to own the NRDB query gateway stack and contribute to the core telemetry database technology. You will build and maintain scalable distributed Java services, participate in cross-team collaborations, and help ensure performance and reliability across regions and clouds.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years in collaborative software development, strong CS fundamentals, and hands-on Java or similar OO language experience, with a DevOps mindset and on-call readiness.