Senior Software Engineer, Back-End (Java)

• Must reside in the United States and be legally authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.
• 5+ years of professional experience building back-end services using modern Java (Java 17+; Java 21 a plus) and the Spring Boot framework.
• Experience configuring and maintaining Maven multi-module projects, including dependency management.
• Multi-Tenant Architecture: Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining multi-tenant architectures.
• Database & Data Modeling: Relational database experience using MySQL for data modeling, schema design and query optimization.
• Event Streaming & Processing: Hands-on experience building event-driven or batch processing workflows using Kafka or streaming/batch frameworks (e.g. Flink, Kafka Streams, Spark, or similar).
• API Development & Production Operations: Experience designing, building and operating production-grade REST APIs, including handling error states, automated testing, logging and production debugging.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Hands-on experience deploying services and managing infrastructure using a major cloud provider (AWS is strongly preferred)
• Participate in an on-call rotation for production support.

• Experience with GovCloud
• Experience with multitenant SaaS architectures.
• Exposure to cloud deployment and containerized infrastructure.
• Experience migrating large codebases across major Java/Spring versions.
• Experience with Clickhouse
• Familiarity with schema evolution / Avro and event-driven design.
• NoSQL and Caching: Familiarity with NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB,) and in-memory caching solutions (e.g., Redis or Memcached) to address high-performance requirements.
• Observability and Monitoring: Experience setting up and utilizing observability tools, including logging, metrics collection (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana), and tracing, to troubleshoot distributed systems in production.
• Advanced Database Knowledge: Advanced knowledge of database design, query optimization, and performance tuning beyond basic MySQL administration.
• Experience with the Go language (Golang) in a production environment.
• Familiarity with object-oriented databases.

Medallia is committed to equal pay and transparency.

The annual base salary range for this position is $135,000-$210,000 USD.

Please note that the salary range information provided is a general guideline and combines all of the distinct labor markets within the US.

It is uncommon for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on a variety of factors.

Medallia considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, candidate’s work location, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, external market data, as well as, market and business considerations when making compensation decisions.

Medallia also offers competitive health and wellness benefits, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, 401(k), short-term and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, statutory leaves, paid parental leave, and paid holidays.

Benefits and eligibility may vary by location and role.

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Applications will be accepted for 30 days from the date this role was posted or until the role has been filled.