Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Java)

Icehouseventures; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 141,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Procore is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend to join the Financial Platform and Insights Division. You will own and lead critical backend initiatives, evolve high-throughput distributed architectures, and scale resilient financial systems for a global customer base.

You’ll partner with PMs and architects to design scalable services, manage event-driven data streams with Kafka, optimize PostgreSQL, and build AI-enabled features, while contributing frontend work in React and owning

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years backend development in Java.
• Experience with event-driven distributed systems using Apache Kafka.
• Deep PostgreSQL knowledge: indexing, tuning, schema design.
• Experience with React/JavaScript or TypeScript is a plus.
• Experience building AI-enabled software development.

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale resilient distributed services using Java and Ruby.
• Manage high-throughput data streams and Kafka.
• Optimize PostgreSQL with design and tuning.
• Develop AI-enabled backend features.
• Build frontend components with React.
• Collaborate on modern service-oriented architecture.
• Own production services: deployment, observability, tracing.
• Write robust, tested code with TDD.

Skills

Java

PostgreSQL

React

TypeScript

AI capabilities

RESTful API

TDD

Microservices

OO programming

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Apache Kafka

Job description

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Backend to join Procore’s Financial Platform and Insights Division. In this role, you’ll own and lead critical backend initiatives, evolve high-throughput distributed architectures, and elevate Procore’s core engineering ecosystem. The primary goal of this role is to scale resilient financial management systems and drive AI-enhanced software solutions for our global customer base.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you’ll partner with Product Managers, Systems Architects, and Engineering Leadership to design scalable services, manage event-driven data streams, and build seamless React user interfaces. Use your expertise in distributed systems, backend development with Java and Ruby, and AI-driven software development to deliver high-impact software that directly influences how communities around the world build schools, hospitals, and homes. Shape the future of construction financial technology—

This position reports into the Engineering Manager and will be a hybrid role of 2 days per week in our Austin, TX office.

What you’ll do:

• Architect, build, and scale resilient distributed services and backend infrastructure using Java and Ruby.

• Design, implement, and maintain high-throughput data streams and message queues using Apache Kafka.

• Optimize PostgreSQL databases through complex schema design, query performance tuning, and transactional data modeling.

• Develop and integrate intelligent backend features and workflows leveraging modern AI technologies.

• Build and maintain interactive, high-performing frontend application components using React.

• Collaborate with cross-functional product, design, and architecture teams to drive a modern service-oriented architecture.

• Drive full operational ownership of production services, including deployment, observability, monitoring, and distributed tracing.

• Write robust, well-tested code following Test-Driven Development (TDD) principles to ensure system reliability.

What we’re looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical work experience.

• 5+ years of experience in backend development using Object-Oriented Programming fundamentals in Java.

• Proven experience designing, building, and operating event-driven distributed systems with Apache Kafka.

• Deep technical proficiency in PostgreSQL, including indexing strategies, query optimization, and schema design.

• Proven experience building interactive web applications using React and modern JavaScript or TypeScript is a plus.

• Demonstrated experience building software with AI capabilities or integrating AI technologies into development workflows.

• Strong knowledge of microservice architecture, RESTful API design, and Test-Driven Development (TDD).

• Pragmatic, curious mindset with a strong ability to evaluate trade-offs between performance, scalability, and business goals.

Additional Information

Base Pay Range:

140,960.00 - 193,820.00 USD Annual

This role may also be eligible for Equity Compensation and/or Bonus Incentive Compensation. Procore is committed to offering competitive, fair, and commensurate compensation. Actual compensation will be based on a candidate’s job-related skills, experience, education or training, and location.

This position requires access to technology, software, and data that is controlled or restricted under U.S. law, regulation, executive order, or government contract.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Procore will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act.

A criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: 1. appropriately managing, accessing, and handling confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information, as well as accessing Procore's information technology systems and platforms; 2. interacting with and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external customers, stakeholders, and/or colleagues; and 3. exercising sound judgment.