Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Data Layer

Camunda; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Camunda is seeking a seasoned Backend Data Engineer to own the data layer for Camunda 8, designing and maintaining services that scale across relational stores and Elasticsearch/OpenSearch. You will lead end-to-end data initiatives, optimize storage, and contribute to operations with production tooling.

The role emphasizes strong collaboration in a remote-first environment, with responsibilities spanning design through delivery and on-call support to ensure data accuracy and performance.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of backend engineering experience in Java with production data stores.
• Deep experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, or MSSQL and Elasticsearch/OpenSearch.
• Proven track record leading medium-to-large engineering initiatives end-to-end.
• Able to investigate slow queries, execution plans, and index usage to root cause data issues.
• Strong communication and collaboration for remote-first environments.
• Nice to have: experience with workflow automation or process orchestration software.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services for the data layer handling Camunda 8 process data
• Own end-to-end delivery of engineering initiatives from design to timely, high-quality delivery
• Evolve data processing, retention, and exposure to fit customer needs
• Improve secondary storage performance and scalability and build production tooling for operations
• Participate in L3 support and on-call rotations and feed issues back to product

Skills

Java backend

Relational databases

Elasticsearch/OpenSearch

Leadership

Query optimization

Remote collaboration

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MariaDB

MSSQL

Job description

About the role

Camunda is an enterprise platform for agentic orchestration that coordinates AI agents, people, and systems across complex business processes. This role owns the backend data layer for Camunda 8, focusing on storage and query components across relational databases and Elasticsearch/OpenSearch to keep data fast, accurate, and scalable.

What you'll do

• Design, build, and maintain backend services for the data layer handling Camunda 8 process data
• Own end-to-end delivery of engineering initiatives from design to timely, high-quality delivery
• Evolve data processing, retention, and exposure to fit customer needs
• Improve secondary storage performance and scalability and build production tooling for operations
• Participate in L3 support and on-call rotations and feed issues back to product

What they're looking for

• At least 7 years of backend engineering experience in Java with production data stores
• Deep experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, or MSSQL) and Elasticsearch/OpenSearch
• Proven track record leading medium-to-large engineering initiatives end-to-end
• Ability to investigate slow queries, execution plans, and index usage to root cause data issues
• Strong communication and collaboration for remote-first environments
• Nice to have: experience with workflow automation or process orchestration software

For applicants in Nigeria

• The listing states worldwide eligibility; no country-specific restriction is mentioned beyond remote and global, so Nigeria is supported
• The listing does not specify a timezone requirement; confirm during interview
• Contract type or employee status is not clearly stated; confirm during interview
• Pay currency or range is provided by region in US dollars and other currencies for specific markets; for applicants based elsewhere, remote onboarding via Remote.com is indicated