Senior Software Engineer- Backend

Overview Senior Software Engineer - Backend at Camunda. We’re a remote, global company focused on enterprise agentic automation, orchestrating complex business processes across agents, people, and systems. We build production-ready, enterprise-grade agents with built-in governance to deliver trusted AI agents for business-critical processes. Over 700 leading innovators rely on Camunda to shorten time-to-value, boost operational efficiency, and elevate customer experiences. We’re rewriting the rules of modern business as a fully remote organization, recognized as a Great Place to Work and listed on GP Bullhound’s 2024 Top 100 Next Unicorn. If you’re excited to do meaningful work and make an impact, this role could be the one for you. About The Role As a Senior Software Engineer, Backend at Camunda, you’ll help shape our next-generation analytics product for process orchestration—building reliable, high-throughput SaaS capabilities that turn massive data flows into clear insights and action. You’ll work end-to-end across Java services and React interfaces, collaborating with a global team to measure, improve, and scale performance and fault tolerance in distributed systems. If you love learning quickly, experimenting thoughtfully, and making meaningful, iterative improvements every day, this role is for you. Watch a quick 30-minute talk from our engineers to learn more about the Camunda Exporter and how we’re solving complex problems at scale. What You’ll Be Doing Collaborate with reliability experts to measure, quantify, and articulate the load, throughput, and performance characteristics of our analytics platform (Optimize), and translate findings into action. Propose an iterative roadmap for performance and fault‑tolerance improvements based on metrics and a deep understanding of the product architecture and codebase. Implement, validate, and roll out performance improvements in stages—profiling, tuning, and verifying impacts in production‑like conditions. Design and build backend APIs (Java) and frontend dashboards (React) to retrieve, aggregate, and visualize analytics data from distributed data stores. Create data exporters and connectors enabling third‑party BI tools to pull detailed analytics from multiple distributed instances, safely and efficiently. Raise the engineering bar by contributing to code quality, test automation, observability, and collaborative design reviews. What You Bring 5+ years as a full‑stack Software Engineer with production experience in Java and React. Curiosity and resilience in distributed systems—eager to experiment, learn daily, and improve robustness. Interest and practical intuition for building high‑throughput SaaS platforms that process large, continuous data volumes. Drive to design and build an enterprise‑grade analytics product—from data ingestion through aggregation to clear, insightful UIs. Pragmatic, autonomous problem‑solver focused on measurable outcomes and continuous improvement, with emphasis on performance and fault tolerance. Willingness to use Camunda products and approach reliability from a user’s perspective. Ability and/or willingness to use our product. Nice-to-haves Experience with high‑throughput, low‑latency distributed SaaS products in production. Hands‑on work with distributed data stores and practical CAP theorem trade‑offs. OpenSearch/Elasticsearch experience including performance tuning. Exposure to modern cloud operations (Kubernetes, Operators, Helm), including monitoring and troubleshooting in production. Experience with load testing and iterative tuning to improve reliability, throughput, and overall system performance. Compensation We offer competitive, fair, and transparent compensation. Salary ranges are location-based, with Standard and Major markets reflecting local competition. The Annual Total Target Cash (base salary + 100% variable target, where applicable) spans from the minimum in a Standard market to the maximum in a Major market. Final offers depend on skills , experience , and location , and we typically hire in the first half of the range to allow room for growth: United States: $119,900 to $193,200 Germany: €77,400 to €128,100 United Kingdom: £75,300 to £123,800 Singapore: S$148,900 to S$223,300 If you’re based elsewhere, you’ll be hired via Remote.com (our global employer partner), and your Talent Acquisition Partner will provide a personalized Total Rewards Calculator after your first interview. Equity is also offered where applicable through our Virtual Stock Option Plan (VSOP) . Benefits & Perks We invest in wellbeing, growth, and connection with globally designed benefits that are locally delivered where applicable. Remote & Flexible: Work from anywhere with a home office budget, co-working support, and flexible time off. In Person Connection: Annual Kickoff and team offsites, Camundi Connection Budgets, and meetup support while traveling. Health & Wellbeing: Local healthcare access, Modern Health for mental wellbeing, and fitness reimbursement. Financial Security: Retirement/pension plans, and life and disability insurance where relevant. Professional Growth: Up to $1,000 per year for self-driven learning. “Everyone is welcome at Camunda” — an inclusive culture; we are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to gender, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other protected characteristic. We look forward to your application Come join us and be part of Camunda’s journey: Make an impact at a pivotal moment in our story Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Full-time Job function Engineering and Information Technology Software Development Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Camunda by 2x Get notified about new Senior Software Engineer jobs in Singapore. #J-18808-Ljbffr