Senior Software Engineer | Backend
About The Position
Aera Technology is a pioneer in the growing category of Decision Intelligence Platforms and a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for 2026. The company's technology digitizes, augments, and automates decision-making processes with AI and machine learning. Through its AI decision automation platform, Aera Decision Cloud™, Aera Technology helps leading brands make smarter, faster decisions. The company is privately-held and VC-funded, with a global team of over 400 employees. Aera Technology delivers Decision Intelligence innovation and services that enable enterprises to automate and scale decision making with accuracy and speed, and is a trusted choice for market leaders seeking to generate value and unlock opportunities. This role is for a talented Senior Software Engineer to join the engineering team and be instrumental in the development and architecture of the enterprise cloud platform. The Senior Software Engineer/Tech Lead will collaborate with architects, designers, product managers, and software developers to influence product direction and functional requirements, and deliver complex high-performance, scalable software products and APIs. This role requires 3 days per week in the Mountain View Headquarters, and the company is only considering current local residents at this time.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience working in Java, server-side development, with a proven track record of delivering great software
- Adopter of modern LLM tools for Java backend development
- Ability to discuss design patterns, memory management and performance optimization.
- Experience with working on Spring Boot, ORM Frameworks, Microservices and REST APIs, GIT, Gradle and Linux platforms
- Experience with modern design approaches like Event Based Design, Component-Based Design, SOLID, KISS, DRY, YAGNI, Clean Code.
- Experience with SQL development, data modeling, and complex data structures for high-volume and high-velocity data
- Hands-on experience with frameworks such as JUnit, TestNG, Mockito
- Experience building secure, complex, and scalable APIs, from design through deployment
- Solid understanding of writing and delivering testable quality code, from the ground up
- Experience with streaming data and complex event processing systems
- Have a positive energy and enthusiasm - cultural fit is a big deal for us, we’re looking for smart people who are excited about solving big problems and are self-motivated to get things done
- Are organized and have a professional attitude to work - You’re a good communicator, you are pragmatic, and you know how to build trust
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes is a strong plus
- Working knowledge in AWS, Kafka, Apache Spark, Elastic search, REDIS, ELK
Responsibilities
- Design, build and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code and automation
- Use AI-enabled engineering practices to enhance code quality, automate repetitive work, and accelerate development/testing/documentation.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to influence product direction and define functional requirements.
- Identify opportunities for technical and product innovation, and proactively design solutions that elevate system performance and user experience.
- Gain in-depth knowledge of the owned modules and maintain a comprehensive understanding of the end-to-end flows and modules that interact with them from a business point of view.
- Deliver highly scalable, robust, and performant APIs and software products.
- Identify and resolve technical challenges to ensure high-quality software delivery.
- Mentor junior team members and contribute to a culture of engineering excellence
- Participate in design and code reviews
- Identify bottlenecks and bugs in applications, and devise solutions to ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Company stock options
- Comprehensive medical, vision and dental plans
- 401K plan
- Flexible paid time off
- Generous parental leave
- Fully-stocked kitchen with a selection of snacks and beverages (when working from the office)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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