Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack

New Relic Inc.•Portland, OR

62d

About The Position

We are a global team of innovators and pioneers dedicated to shaping the future of observability. At New Relic, we build an intelligent platform that empowers companies to thrive in an AI-first world by giving them unparalleled insight into their complex systems. As we continue to expand our global footprint, we're looking for passionate people to join our mission. If you're ready to help the world's best companies optimize their digital applications, we invite you to explore a career with us! We are a global team of innovators and pioneers dedicated to shaping the future of observability. At New Relic, we build an intelligent platform that empowers companies to thrive in an AI-first world by giving them unparalleled insight into their complex systems. As we continue to expand our global footprint, we're looking for passionate people to join our mission. If you're ready to help the world's best companies optimize their digital applications, we invite you to explore a career with us! If you are driven by innovation, passionate about technical excellence, and ready to collaborate with a team of exceptional engineers, apply now for this position at New Relic. Let's embark on an exciting journey of innovation and technical advancements together! At New Relic, we provide businesses with a state-of-the-art observability platform, leveraging advanced technologies to deliver real-time insights into the performance of software applications and infrastructure. As a company at the forefront of the industry, we enable organizations to monitor, analyze, and optimize their systems to achieve enhanced reliability, performance, and user experience. Join us in our mission to revolutionize observability and empower businesses in today's dynamic digital landscape.

Requirements

Experience: 5+ years of hands-on experience in full-stack software development, with a strong portfolio showcasing significant contributions to complex API and real time data solutions, including streaming systems architecture and development
Backend Mastery: Expert Java skills applied to public facing apis keeping the end user in mind
Data Handling: Experience integrating UIs with complex data from service endpoints and working with various database systems (SQL/NoSQL like PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch).
Distributed Systems: Understanding of microservices architecture, distributed systems, and how to build scalable and resilient full-stack applications.
Frontend Expertise: Experience in modern JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, and a leading frontend framework like React (preferred), along with experience in state management (e.g., Redux, Context API) and component-based architecture.
UI/UX Acumen: Strong understanding of UI/UX design principles, user-centered design methodologies, and a passion for creating intuitive and aesthetically pleasing user experiences.
Cloud & DevOps: Solid experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes). Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
Testing: Strong experience with frontend testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress) and comprehensive understanding of UI testing techniques, alongside backend testing.
Problem-Solving: Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills, with a meticulous attention to detail, particularly in visual and interactive elements.
Communication & Collaboration: Exceptional communication skills to effectively collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers, translating complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
Agile Mindset: Ability to thrive in an Agile/Scrum environment, adapt to evolving requirements, and deliver high-quality code iteratively.

Nice To Haves

Experience with UI/UX design tools (e.g., Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD) for prototyping and collaboration.
Familiarity with New Relic or other observability platforms.
Experience with real-time data streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka).
Contributions to open-source projects
Knowledge of performance optimization techniques for large-scale web applications.
AI/ML experience

Responsibilities

Full Stack Ownership: Contribute across the entire software development lifecycle, from gathering user requirements and designing UI/UX solutions to developing robust backend APIs and ensuring seamless integration between front-end and back-end components. If you had to choose, however, you'd say you prefer playing with complex data structures over designing the perfect form completion flow.
Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, UX designers, and other engineering teams to translate user needs and business requirements into technical specifications and compelling product features.
Performance & Optimization: Identify and address performance bottlenecks in both frontend and backend systems, ensuring optimal responsiveness, scalability, and efficiency of our applications.
Code Quality & Standards: Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code for both UI and backend components, adhering to high coding standards and participating actively in code reviews.
Technical Leadership: Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and innovation within the team.
System Design: Participate in architectural discussions, contributing to the design of scalable, resilient, and observable distributed systems.
Troubleshooting & Support: Take ownership of issues from development to production, providing support and troubleshooting to ensure the stability and reliability of our services, with a keen eye on user-facing aspects.
Stay Current: Keep abreast of the latest UI/UX trends, frontend technologies, and backend advancements, proactively recommending and implementing improvements.
Look for ways to leverage generative ai in your work and in our product, in truly useful ways. As gen ai advances, you'll be right there, ready to adopt.

Benefits

New Relic provides a variety of benefits for this role, including healthcare, dental, vision, parental leave and planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, flex time-off, 11 paid holidays, volunteer time-off, and other competitive benefits designed to improve the lives of our employees.

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