Senior Staff Java Engineer - Distributed SaaS

Kaseya Careers; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaseya is hiring a Senior Staff Software Engineer to shape the architecture and evolution of Java-based SaaS platforms and shared backend services. This is a hands-on technical leadership role responsible for solving complex distributed systems challenges, leading initiatives across multiple teams, and improving the scalability, reliability, and maintainability of business-critical applications.

You will partner with Engineering, Product, Security, and Architecture leaders to influence long-term

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience building production SaaS applications.
• 6+ years of backend services development using Java.
• Experience leading architecture across multiple teams or product areas.
• Experience operating distributed systems on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and drive technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive architecture for Java-based platform services, distributed systems, APIs, and event-driven applications across multiple product areas.
• Lead complex technical initiatives that span multiple engineering teams, services, and business domains.
• Remain hands-on through technical prototyping, implementation of critical components, code reviews, and production troubleshooting.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Security, and Architecture leaders to translate business priorities into scalable technical solutions.
• Guide the evolution of cloud-native architectures, microservices, data flows, integrations, and shared platform capabilities.
• Drive improvements in system performance, availability, observability, security, and operational readiness.
• Establish engineering standards and reusable patterns for Java development, API design, testing, CI/CD, and production operations.
• Mentor Senior and Staff Engineers through architecture reviews, technical guidance, and cross-team collaboration.

Skills

Java

Distributed Systems

SaaS Platforms

Cloud Architecture

Leadership

Tools

Spring Boot

Spring Cloud

Hibernate

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Job description

Kaseya is hiring a Senior Staff Software Engineer to shape the architecture and evolution of Java-based SaaS platforms and shared backend services. This is a hands-on technical leadership role responsible for solving complex distributed systems challenges, leading initiatives across multiple teams, and improving the scalability, reliability, and maintainability of business-critical applications.

You will partner with Engineering, Product, Security, and Architecture leaders to influence long-term