As a Software Engineer II on the Core Platform team, you will be working on designing, architecting, and implementing highly scalable, distributed, and fault tolerant backend systems that handle user onboarding, content management, entities, Terraform/OpenAPI access, auditing, health tracking, and more. You will be working on building systems and frameworks that are used by other teams in the company as well as features used by our end customers.
What you will do:
- Design, develop, and maintain high‑performance, scalable cloud microservices.
- Write robust, reusable code with a strong focus on maintainability and testability.
- Own a set of microservices end to end, continuously improving their efficiency, scalability, reliability, and cost effectiveness.
- Serve as primary on‑call for owned services, diagnosing and resolving production incidents in a timely manner.
- Collaborate with cross‑geo teams to define, design, and deliver new features that meet evolving business needs.
- Work effectively in a primarily remote environment, with occasional in‑person team meetups for planning and collaboration.
What you will have:
- BSc or MSc in Computer Science or a related discipline.
- 2+ years of industry experience with a proven track record of ownership.
- Object-oriented experience, for example, in Java, Scala, Ruby, or C++.
- Understanding the performance characteristics of commonly used data structures (maps, lists, trees, etc).
- Desire to learn Scala, an up-and-coming JVM language (scala-lang.org).
- (Nice-to-have) Experience in big data / 24x7 commercial service / planet-scale product development.
- (Nice-to-have) Experience in agile software development (test-driven development, iterative and incremental development).
- (Nice-to-have) Experience using Sumo Logic products or other observability products for reliability and security.
- (Nice-to-have) Experience in multi-threaded programming and distributed systems (desirable).
Why it’s worth applying:
- Competitive salary
- You will work with great engineers on a complex product
- 4 extra days off / year (Sumo Wellness Days)
- Healthcare for you and your family
- Medical and life insurance
- Lunch budget when you work from the office
- You can work from the office, 100% remotely, or in a hybrid model
More at: https://www.sumologic.com/
Technology Video & Demo: https://youtu.be/-WoseyIma8g
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/sumologic
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sumo-logic/
How it works: https://www.sumologic.com/platform/
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About Us
Sumo Logic, Inc., empowers the people who power modern, digital business. Sumo Logic enables customers to deliver reliable and secure cloud-native applications through its SaaS analytics platform. The Sumo Logic Continuous Intelligence Platform™ helps practitioners and developers ensure application reliability, secure and protect against modern security threats, and gain insights into their cloud infrastructures. Customers worldwide rely on Sumo Logic to get powerful real-time analytics and insights across observability and security solutions for their cloud-native applications. For more information, visit www.sumologic.com.
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