Software Reliability Engineer

CHAMP; Cleveland (OH); Presencial; USD 100.000 - 150.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Annual Bonus Potential

Unlimited PTO Policy

Matching 401K with immediate vesting

Subsidized Lunches at our Cleveland HQ

Fast Paced work environment in a grow­

Newly Renovated Office Space

Descripción de la vacante

CHAMP, a cloud-native software provider for Motor Vehicle Agencies, is seeking a Software Reliability Engineer (Mid to Senior) in Cleveland onsite four days a week to strengthen the reliability, resilience, and performance of our applications and integrations.

You’ll work with Java, RESTful services, and system integrations, anticipate failures, improve observability, and collaborate with product teams to deliver scalable, observable systems and fast, secure operations.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• 3+ years designing, testing, and implementing software applications, systems, and/or services.
• Experience with RESTful APIs and/or message-based interfaces.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

Responsabilidades

• Anticipates problems and implements automated safeguards.
• Prefers automated safeguards and permanent engineering solutions over repeated manual intervention.
• Regularly asks, "What happens if this fails?"
• Sees dependencies and downstream consequences that others may overlook.
• Investigates unusual behavior before it turns into an outage.
• Looks beyond the immediate symptom to uncover the underlying cause.
• Understand that a successful API response does not necessarily mean the entire business transaction succeeded.
• Think about edge cases, unexpected inputs, dependency failures, timing issues, and scalability during development.
• Balance technical reliability with practical business needs.
• Provide analysis and insights for infrastructure capacity planning.

Conocimientos

Java

RESTful APIs

Troubleshooting

Distributed systems

Observability

Source control

Problem-solving

Communication

Educación

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Herramientas

Build tools

Dependency management

Descripción del empleo

At CHAMP, we are redefining the technology used by Motor Vehicle Agencies and their stakeholders. We do so with innovative, cloud-based software that enhances efficiency, security, and interoperability. Our solutions replace outdated processes with modern, scalable platforms, enabling organizations to operate with greater speed and accuracy in an increasingly digital world.

Job Title: Software Reliability Engineer (Mid to Senior)

Location: Cleveland (Onsite – 4 days in office)

Department: IT Operations

Function: Product Support

Reports To: Director, Product & Client Support

Travel: < 5%

Your Impact

CHAMP is seeking a Software Reliability Engineer to improve the reliability, resilience, and performance of our cloud-native applications and integrations. This role combines software engineering, systems thinking, troubleshooting, and proactive problem-solving.

The ideal candidate has strong experience with Java, RESTful services, APIs, and system integrations and naturally thinks several steps ahead. Rather than simply responding when something breaks, this person will identify potential points of failure, recognize patterns and risks, and implement solutions to eliminate, mitigate, and/or alert before those risks become customer-impacting problems.

This role will work closely within the team, and with product software engineers, architects, product management, and other technology partners to build reliable systems that are observable, scalable, resilient, and can be efficiently operated and maintained.

By joining CHAMP, you will be an integral team member with many opportunities for personal growth. We have a start-up working environment that is flexible, collaborative, and welcoming. You will be joining us on a growing and evolving Product Support engineering team and will have direct input on our application design, architecture, and operations.

What You’ll Do

Requirements:

• Professional software engineering experience with Java and Java-based applications.
• Strong understanding of RESTful architecture, APIs, web services, and system integrations.
• Experience troubleshooting applications or integration issues across multiple systems.
• Strong understanding of HTTP concepts, including status codes, authentication, request/response patterns, timeouts, and error handling.
• Experience working with distributed applications or service-based architectures.
• Ability to analyze logs, application behavior, and system dependencies to diagnose technical issues.
• Understanding of software reliability concepts such as:

Fault tolerance

Retry and timeout strategies

Idempotency

Monitoring and observability

• Experience with source control and modern software development practices.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities:

• Anticipates problems instead of waiting for them to happen.
• Prefers automated safeguards and permanent engineering solutions over repeated manual intervention.
• Regularly asks, "What happens if this fails?"
• Sees dependencies and downstream consequences that others may overlook.
• Investigates unusual behavior before it turns into an outage.
• Looks beyond the immediate symptom to uncover the underlying cause.
• Understands that a successful API response does not necessarily mean the entire business transaction succeeded.
• Think about edge cases, unexpected inputs, dependency failures, timing issues, and scalability during development.
• Can balance technical reliability with practical business needs.
• Provide analysis and insights for infrastructure capacity planning.

Requirement Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• 3+ years designing, testing, and implementing software applications, systems,
• and/or services
• Experience with building and maintaining software application
• Familiar with RESTful APIs and/or message-based interfaces
• Eagerness to learn new technologies and best practices
• Able to work within established architectures, patterns, and frameworks
• Experience with build tools and dependency management
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-
• functional teams, other developers, backend services, Product teams, and QA
• Annual Bonus Potential
• Unlimited PTO Policy
• Matching 401K with immediate vesting
• Subsidized Lunches at our Cleveland Headquarters
• Fast Paced work environment in a growth company
• Newly Renovated Office Space

Salary Range

The expected salary range for this position is $100,000 to $150,000 annually. This is a good faith estimate, and final compensation may vary based on experience and skills.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. If you need accommodations during the application or interview process, please let us know. We’re here to help.

By joining CHAMP, you will be an integral member of our team with many opportunities for personal growth and upward mobility in a growing organization. We have a great culture that is flexible, collaborative and welcoming.