Software Engineer (Multi-Threaded Java) - Remote

• Software Engineer (Multi-Threaded Java) - Remote Software Engineer (Multi-Threaded Java) - Remote Software Engineer Req ID FY R&D #2 Location(s) Atlanta, Georgia, USA;
• Boise, Idaho, USA; Bozeman, Montana, USA; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Dallas, Texas, USA; Denver, Colorado, USA;
• Des Moines, Iowa, USA; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Orlando, Florida, USA; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Portland, Oregon, USA;

Work arrangement(s) Fully Remote (works exclusively from home) Your opportunity The Data, Identity, & API Platform group at New Relic builds the foundation for all of our products : data ingest, storage, and query.

As an engineer working on NRDB, you’ll be contributing directly to the proprietary telemetry database technology at the core of our business.

We own our software from top to bottom and are directly responsible for its quality and reliability. Each member of the team shares our pager rotation and will occasionally be on-call to respond to system failures;

so we prioritize work that keeps the lights on and the pager quiet, in addition to the work that powers all of our new products and streams of data.

If the idea of working on systems that process millions of messages per second and handle petabytes of data excites you, then you may be an excellent fit! What you'll do

• Working in an agile environment with a DevOps approach the team builds and maintains their own software, including taking turns with being on-call.
• Investigate and resolve critical performance, availability, and resiliency issues and risks in a multi-region, multi-cloud, multi-tenant distributed database.
• Build and maintain scalable distributed Java services and Petabyte-scale Infrastructure.
• Proactively participate in cross-functional committees to move the query language forward, ranging from collaborations with AI, Visualizations, and Data Processing teams.
• Own the New Relic query language stack including grammar parsing, compilation, and processing.

This role requires

• Experience working in Java, or equivalent experience in an alternate OOP language (C++, C#, etc).
• Ability to go deep on the command-line and fix things when they’re broken.
• Self-starter with a strong sense of ownership over your code and commitments.
• Firm grasp of Computer Science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and modern software design and development methodologies.
• 3+ years of experience in collaborative software development.

Bonus points if you have

• Familiarity with networks and load-balancing and how to use them well in low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems.
• Familiarity with modern observability and alerting patterns.
• Ability to work well asynchronously and effectively communicate your thoughts in writing.

Fostering a diverse, welcoming and inclusive environment is important to us. We work hard to make everyone feel comfortable bringing their best, most authentic selves to work every day.

We celebrate our talented Relics’ different backgrounds and abilities, and recognize the different paths they took to reach us including nontraditional ones.

Their experiences and perspectives inspire us to make our products and company the best they can be. We’re looking for people who feel connected to our mission and values, not just candidates who check off all the boxes.

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We believe in empowering all Relics to achieve professional and business success through a flexible workforce model. This model allows us to work in a variety of workplaces that best support our success, including fully office-based, fully remote, or hybrid.

Our hiring process

Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

In compliance with applicable law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work and to complete employment eligibility verification.

Note : Our stewardship of the data of thousands of customers’ means that a criminal background check is required to join New Relic.

We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records based on individual circumstances and in accordance with applicable law including, but not limited to, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

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New Relic is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, free from all types of discrimination, so our Relics can thrive.

We hire people with different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.

Candidates are evaluated based on qualifications, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, age, disability, neurodiversity, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other legally protected characteristics.

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Estimated Base Pay Range : $ , - $ ,

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Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related factors such as an applicant’s skills, qualifications, and experience.

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

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