Senior Software Engineer - Backend - Optimize and Analytics Integration Apply for the Senior Software Engineer - Backend - Optimize and Analytics Integration role at Camunda. Camunda is the leader in enterprise agentic automation, orchestrating complex business processes, including high‑value knowledge work. Leaders like Atlassian, ING, and Vodafone rely on Camunda to slash time‑to‑value, boost operational efficiency, and elevate customer experiences. As a fully remote, global company, we’re rewriting the rules of modern business. 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 closely with a global team to measure, improve, and scale performance and fault tolerance in real‑world distributed systems. What You’ll Be Doing

Collaborate with reliability experts to measure, quantify, and clearly 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. Create data exporters and connectors that enable 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 strong production experience in Java and React. Curiosity and resilience in distributed systems—eager to experiment, learn daily, and “break things on purpose” to 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 a keen eye on performance and fault tolerance. Willingness and ability to use Camunda products and approach reliability from a user’s perspective.

Nice‑to‑Haves

Experience with high‑throughput, low‑latency distributed SaaS products in production. Hands‑on work with distributed data stores and practical trade‑offs related to the CAP theorem. Opensearch/Elasticsearch experience including performance tuning. Exposure to modern cloud operations (Kubernetes, Operators, Helm charts), including monitoring and troubleshooting in production. Experience with load testing and iterative tuning to improve reliability, throughput, and overall system performance.

Compensation

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

Benefits & Perks

Remote & Flexible: Work from anywhere with home office budget, co‑working space support, and flexible time off. In‑Person Connection: Annual Kickoff, team offsites, and local gatherings. Health & Wellbeing: Access to healthcare, mental wellbeing, and fitness reimbursement. Financial Security: Retirement and pension plans, life and disability insurance. Professional Growth: Up to $/€/£1,000 per year for learning—courses, certifications, books.

EEO Statement “Everyone is welcome at Camunda” — it’s a celebrated component of our culture. We strive to create an inclusive environment that empowers our people. At Camunda, we honour diverse cultures and backgrounds and are proud to be 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 characteristics under applicable law. Seniority level Mid‑Senior level Employment type Full‑time Job function Engineering and Information Technology #J-18808-Ljbffr