Senior/Staff Backend Engineer

Job description

We are looking for a skilled Staff Java Engineer with a strong desire to learn and innovate – you help challenge the status quo and are eager to develop new skills to help Nexthink stay on the leading edge of digital employee experience. The candidate shall be heavily motivated by both the product and the technology stack, whilst also able to produce scalable software solutions in an agile environment. You will design, build and deliver large-scale resilient and scalable distributed services that process billions of events, by using modern cloud-native features and techniques. Your expertise will also contribute to the reliability and efficiency of our platforms, influencing both our product and engineering DevOps practices in ensuring high system availability, scalability, and performance. Responsibilities • Implement, test, deliver, and streamline Nexthink's data platform and accelerate data onboarding. • Proactively collaborate with Product Management, and other Engineering stakeholders to maintain a high bar for quality in a fast-paced, iterative environment. • Collaborate with architects to design and deliver scalable solutions. • Participate actively in the technology roadmap. • Advocate for improvements to product, security, quality, and performance. • Promote best practices and enforce team efficiency. • Ship complex features and improvements. • Handle L3 support requests (together with the rest of the team). • Work with the agile iterative/incremental mindset and participate actively in the different ceremonials • Minimum 10+ years of experience as a Java developer in SaaS projects. • Strong experience with Microservices frameworks. Micronaut or Spring framework would be a plus. • Expertise with messaging systems like Kafka are strongly valued. • Knowledge of streaming services and distributed cache is a plus. • Experience with AWS or another cloud provider. • Familiar with Unit, integration and E2E tests. • Experience with CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes is a plus. • Excellent communication and teamwork skills. • Self-motivated and self-managing, with excellent organizational skills. • Positive and solution-oriented mindset. • Professional-level English spoken and written. We are the pioneers and trailblazers of a global IT Market Category (DEX) that is shaping the future of how the world works, giving our customers’ IT Teams total digital visibility across their enterprise. Our innovative solutions integrate real-time analytics, automation, and employee feedback across all endpoints. This enables our IT teams to solve complex technical challenges, create ever more productive workplaces, and deliver happy, satisfied employees in the digital workplace. With over 1200 employees across 5 continents, Nexthink operates as One Team, connecting, collaborating and innovating to continuously grow. We call our employees ‘Nexthinkers’ and our commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity is second to none. We currently have over 75 nationalities working with us, from all cultures and backgrounds, speaking many different languages. If you are looking for a change and like a nice atmosphere, lots of challenges, and having fun while working, this is a great opportunity for you! Check what we offer: 💼 Permanent Contract and a competitive compensation package. 📍 Beautiful office, conveniently located next to the Prilly-Malley train station 🏡 Hybrid work model balancing office and remote work, with a structured approach for new hires to foster connections and onboarding. 🏖️ Flexible Hours and unlimited vacation (employees have unlimited paid time off on top of the 25 days of holidays we offer) plus 3 company-paid volunteer days. 🤸 Free access to a fitness centre inside the building. 🚞 Reimbursement of the half-fare travel card for public transport. 🧑‍🏫 Reimbursement up to 50% of the cost of French classes. 🍉 Fresh fruit, cookies, and soft drinks as well. 🤝 Regular company and team events like Voluntary Days, Pizza talks, Team Building activities, hosting Meetups at the office and more! 📣 Bonuses for referring successful hires after three months of continuous employment. 🚚 We offer a relocation package to people who are coming from another country. Please note that not all the benefits listed above are available for temporary, contract, and internship roles. To ensure you have the most up-to-date information, we recommend checking with your Recruitment Partner. Nexthink is the leader in digital employee experience management software. The company provides IT leaders with unprecedented insight allowing them to see, diagnose and fix issues at scale impacting employees anywhere, with any application or network, before employees notice the issue. As the first solution to allow IT to progress from reactive problem solving to proactive optimization, Nexthink enables its more than 1,500 customers to provide better digital experiences to more than 25+ million employees. Dual headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland and Boston, Massachusetts, Nexthink has 9 offices worldwide.