Senior Java Backend Engineer - Multi-Tenant SaaS

Medallia, Inc.

McLean (VA)

Hybrid

USD 135,000 - 210,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Paid parental leave

Paid holidays

Job summary

Medallia is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to drive the development of scalable Java/Spring Boot back-end services. You will design, build, and operate high-performance microservices and data pipelines, collaborating across QA and engineering teams to ensure reliability, observability, and production readiness.

The role emphasizes multi-tenant SaaS architecture with migration to Java 21, AWS-based infrastructure, and Kafka/Flink streaming.

Qualifications

5+ years of professional backend experience with Java 17+ (Java 21 a plus) and Spring Boot.
Experience configuring multi-module Maven projects and dependency management.
Proven ability to design multi-tenant backend architectures for SaaS.
MySQL data modeling, schema design, and query optimization experience.
Hands-on experience with event streaming using Kafka or Flink/Spark.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain Java (21) / Spring Boot microservices and shared libraries.
Develop and operate Apache Flink stream-processing jobs for high-volume data.
Build Kafka-based producers/consumers and cross-service utilities.
Collaborate with QA and engineering to define and deliver features.
Integrate services via REST APIs; manage versions across a multi-repo Maven setup.
Drive Java 21 migration and keep dependencies up-to-date.
Optimize and maintain MySQL schemas and queries; work with Clickhouse/Elasticsearch.