Principal Software Engineer - Backend

• Engage, embed, and go deep with teams on high-impact projects.
• Do run-ahead research and build prototypes for new features or to optimize existing systems for performance or cost.
• Coach and mentor the teams you collaborate with and develop balanced, maintainable solutions that leave teams healthier than before.
• Contribute to cross-team initiatives and promote standards and information sharing between teams.

• 100s of predominantly Java services with one of the largest Kafka backbones in the world.
• A multi-cloud (Kubernetes) environment spanning thousands of nodes and accepting 10s of billions of HTTP requests a day.
• Our massively scalable, purpose-built telemetry database, NRDB.

• 10+ years of professional software development experience
• Proven track record of senior technical leadership
• Knowledge of fundamentals required to build and operate highly-available software and data pipelines at scale including data structures, architectural patterns, distributed systems and supporting toolchains.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to seek consensus, provide technical leadership, lead by example, exhibiting patience and determination.
• Ability to rapidly come up to speed on new teams and services to make decisive organizational and technical impact.

Fostering a diverse, welcoming and inclusive environment is important to us. We work hard to make everyone feel comfortable bringing their best, most authentic selves to work every day. We celebrate our talented Relics’ different backgrounds and abilities, and recognize the different paths they took to reach us – including nontraditional ones. Their experiences and perspectives inspire us to make our products and company the best they can be. We’re looking for people who feel connected to our mission and values, not just candidates who check off all the boxes. 

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Our hiring process

Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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New Relic is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, free from all types of discrimination, so our Relics can thrive. We hire people with different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.

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