Staff Software Engineer

Relha LLC; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Relha LLC in Austin, TX is seeking an experienced software engineer to drive high-performance, multi-tier systems from design to delivery. You will apply agile practices, review code, and collaborate with distributed teams to solve complex product challenges.

Candidates should have 8+ years of professional experience in Java or C++, strong CS fundamentals, and hands-on experience with REST/SOAP, TDD, and CI/CD.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong fundamentals in CS, data structures, algorithms, OOP/OOD.
• Proficiency in Java and/or C++ with design patterns.
• Experience with unit testing and mocking frameworks.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, iterative environment.

Responsibilities

• Assess business needs and deliver creative tech solutions.
• Collaborate with distributed engineering teams.
• Focus on customer journey, quality, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
• Design layered applications with UI, business logic, and data access.
• Apply Agile and DoD, maintain 80% unit and 70% integration test coverage.
• Define and implement multi-tier distributed systems through all development phases.

Skills

Java

C++

Data structures

Algorithms

OOA/OOD

Unit testing

Mocking

RESTful web services

SOAP web services

CI/CD

TDD

Agile methodologies

Communication skills

Team player

Education

BS in Computer Science or related field

MS in Computer Science

Job description

• Demonstrate strong capabilities in assessing business needs while providing creative and effective solutions in conformance to emerging technology standards
• Interface and collaborate with other engineers in geographically distributed development centers
• Strong emphasis on customer journey, product quality, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and continuous development
• Design layered application, including user interface, business functionality, and database access.
• Apply Agile methodology daily and follow Definition of Done (DoD) process for better quality by maintaining 80% and unit test coverage and 70% integration test coverage
• Define, design, and implement complex, multi-tier distributed software systems throughout all phases of the software development process

Develop technical & domain expertise and apply to solving product challenges

Thorough code reviews

Share engineering support and release

• Estimate engineering effort, plan implementation, and roll out applications with cross-functional impacts

Qualifications:

• BS in Computer Science or related fields with 8+ years of professional experience or MS with 6+ years of experience
• Excellent understanding of computer science fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, OOPs, and OOA/D
• Demonstrated experience in modern programming languages (for example, Java/C++) and design patterns
• Demonstrated capabilities in assessing business needs while providing creative and effective solutions in conformance to emerging technology standards
• Team player with strong analytical, verbal, and written communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast paced, iterative development environment and adapt to changing business priorities and to thrive under pressure
• Experience with unit testing and mocking frameworks

Nice to have:

• Experience in creating and consuming RESTful and SOAP based web services
• Hands-on experience in Java/J2EE, XML, Web technologies, Web Services
• Experience developing data-ingesting applications using an industry standard RDBMS. NoSQL experience
• Experience with agile development methodologies with Test Driven Development (TDD) and CI (Continuous Integration)/CD (Continuous Delivery)
• Ability to adapt to changing business priorities and to thrive under pressure.
• Proven ability to understand the business and ability to contribute to technology direction that drives measurable business improvements
• Hands-on experience in building high performance and large-scale real-time systems that scale to billions of transactions per day

Estimated Job Posting End Date:

09-30-2026

This application window is a good-faith estimate of the time that this posting will remain open. This posting will be promptly updated if the deadline is extended or the role is filled.