Wrike - Staff Software Engineer

• Strong expertise with Java/JVM, building scalable, high-performance backend systems; open to leveraging other languages when appropriate. • Solid understanding of distributed systems concepts, including high availability, CAP theorem, and fault tolerance. • Deep experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL) and key–value / non-relational storages (Redis). • Practical experience with containerization and cloud-native environments, including Docker and Kubernetes. • Hands-on experience with message brokers such as RabbitMQ or Kafka. • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, using critical thinking to question assumptions and validate your own decisions. • Strong written and spoken English skills suitable for collaborating in an international engineering environment. • Standout Qualities: • Standout Qualities: • Background in infrastructure engineering or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), including infrastructure-as-code practices. • Experience leading technical initiatives, driving cross-team projects, and mentoring other engineers while remaining an individual contributor. • Familiarity with observability and monitoring stacks (e.g., Graylog, Zabbix, Grafana) and/or data analytics tools such as BigQuery. • A strong interest in how complex systems fail and a track record of designing them to recover gracefully. • Team Dynamics: • Team Dynamics: • You will join the Backend Reliability (BRE) team, a small, highly specialized, senior group focused solely on Wrike’s reliability. The team operates as an internal “reliability task force,” partnering closely with product and platform engineering teams across the company. You’ll collaborate with other senior engineers who value autonomy, deep technical discussions, and rigorous engineering practices. The culture is ownership-driven: you are trusted to manage your time, make architectural decisions, and drive initiatives to completion. • Our Work Style: • Our Work Style: • The BRE team works on core backend and infrastructure services that support millions of users. We operate in a collaborative environment that values clear communication, thoughtful design, and fast feedback loops. • Tech focus areas include: Java/JVM-based services, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, RabbitMQ/Kafka, and observability/monitoring tools. • We encourage the use of modern AI-based tooling and coding agents as part of daily development and troubleshooting workflows. • Work is organized with an emphasis on impact and reliability goals rather than ticket volume, giving you room for deep work and long-term improvements. • Hybrid work mode (Prague, Czech Republic / Nicosia, Cyprus), with flexibility to balance focused individual work and collaborative sessions. • What’s next? • What’s next? • Interview with a Recruiter • Technical interview • System Design Interview • Cultural interview • Your recruitment buddy will be Aleksandar Chernev, Senior Technical Recruiter. • Who Is Wrike and Our Culture • We’re a team of innovators and creators who solve the complex work problems of today and tomorrow. • Hybrid work mode • Hybrid work mode • Wrike is our people, not a place. With 1,000+ employees collaborating across nearly every time zone, we support talent through 10 global hubs — Australia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, France, India, Ireland, Japan, and the United States — offering flexible ways of working that include remote work, hybrid environments, and co-working spaces across many locations. • While flexibility looks different across teams and regions, employees located near certain hubs — particularly in Prague (CZ), Nicosia (CY), Bangalore (IN), and Rennes (FR) — are generally expected to collaborate in person around 2–3 days per week, balancing the flexibility of distributed work with opportunities for in-person collaboration and connection. • Our persona • Our persona • 💡  Smart: We love what we do, and we’re great at it because this is our domain. Our combined knowledge in this space is unmatched. • 💡  Smart: • 💚  Dedicated: We get up every day focused on helping our customers win. We’re committed to helping our teammates win, too! • 💚  Dedicated: • 🤗  Approachable: We're friendly, easy to get along with, considerate, and helpful. • 🤗  Approachable: • Our culture and Values • 🤩 Customer-Focused • 🤩 Customer-Focused • We care about our customers. We understand the customer journey, experience, and value derived from Wrike. Decision-making and action-taking are done with the customer in mind.