camunda - Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Data Streaming
Requirements
• 7+ years of experience as a backend engineer, in Java, with a strong focus on distributed or data-intensive systems. • Hands-on experience building or operating an analytical serving layer over a table format such as Apache Iceberg or Delta Lake - including experience with an embedded/lightweight query engine (e.g. DuckDB, or similar), or a stateful stream-processing framework (e.g. Flink, Kafka Streams). • A track record of working with object storage systems (S3/GCS/Azure or similar) and building reliable, idempotent upload/commit protocols against them. • Solid grounding in the reasoning behind correctness and consistency in data-intensive systems (e.g. concurrent writes, atomicity, idempotency). • A demonstrated track record of driving a technical initiative through genuine ambiguity in a still-being-designed system, not just extending an established one. • Proven experience leading medium-to-large engineering initiatives (3+ months) end-to-end, from solution design, project planning, and coordinating across teams, right through to driving predictable delivery. • Strong communication and collaboration skills in a remote-first environment: you translate requirements into actionable technical work with Product, and give and receive clear, direct feedback in code review. • Experience with Kafka or a similar streaming/event-log system • Experience with embedded state stores (RocksDB or similar) for projection/checkpointing workloads. • Experience with stream processing frameworks (e.g. Apache Flink), particularly stateful processing with local state backends and checkpointing. • Familiarity with object-storage-native streaming architectures (e.g. systems like WarpStream) is a plus, even without direct hands-on experience. • This role is an existing vacancy • #LI-SK1 #LI-Remote #USEAST • What We Have to Offer:
Responsibilities
• Help rebuild how Camunda's analytics product consumes and serves process data at scale, moving it off the engine's critical path entirely. • Design and build the core streaming infrastructure that decouples process data access from the live execution engine, backed by durable, object storage. • Build customer-facing data streaming capabilities, including a supported way to integrate with systems like Kafka, so customers can reliably get their process data into their own tools. • Make foundational architecture decisions as part of a small, high-ownership team, including how the system guarantees consistency and durability across a distributed streaming pipeline. • Participate in L3 support and on-call rotations, partnering with Support and SRE to investigate data layer production issues, and feeding what you learn back into the product.
Benefits
• We offer competitive, fair, and transparent compensation. Salary ranges are location-based, with Standard and Major markets (global tech hubs) reflecting local competition. • The Annual Total Target Cash (base salary + 100% variable target, where applicable) shown below spans from the minimum in a Standard market to the maximum in a Major market. Final offers depend on skills, experience, and location, and we typically hire in the first half of the range to allow room for growth: • United States: $143,800.00 to $231,900.00 • United Kingdom: £90,300.00 to £148,500.00 • Singapore: S$178,600.00 to S$267,900.00 • Canada: C$152,700.00 to C$251,200.00 • If you’re based elsewhere, you’ll be hired via Remote.com http://Remote.com (our global employer partner), and your Talent Acquisition Partner will provide a personalized Total Rewards Calculator after your first interview. • Equity: We also offer equity (where applicable) through our Virtual Stock Option Plan (VSOP) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hoyQAPTZ5nV7J47D9n3yqK5hhLj160Xf36iyqEXNOWE/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.2qon7r4kdfe1. • We invest in your wellbeing, growth, and ability to connect, along with perks that support you no matter where you’re based. Our benefits are globally designed and locally delivered where applicable. • Remote & Flexible: Work from anywhere with the setup that suits you, home office budget, co-working space support, and flexible time off to recharge when you need it. • In Person Connection: We invest in meaningful face time through our Annual Kickoff (Vienna in 2025, Madrid in 2026!), team offsites, and Camundi Connection Budgets, including contributing to meetups while travelling,, and local gatherings with fellow Camundi. • Health & Wellbeing: Access locally tailored healthcare, Modern Health for global mental wellbeing, and our Live Well Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA), a flexible, global benefit that puts you in control of your whole life, not just work, from: staying active, to caring for family, exploring personal passions, meaningful experiences, and investing in your financial wellbeing. The Live Well program launches in 2026 and scales to €1,000 annually from 2027. • Financial Security: Retirement and pension plans (often with company contributions), plus life and disability insurance where relevant. • Professional Growth: Up to $/€/£1,000 per year for self-driven learning: courses, certifications, books, you decide! • AI in our hiring process: Camunda may use AI tools to aid the screening of applications and during the interview process. You can learn more here https://camunda.com/ai-in-our-interviewing-process/
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