Description
At Gong, you will join a company built on innovative products, ambitious goals, and passionate people.
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll dive into complex technical challenges, craft innovative solutions, and play a pivotal role in Gong's mission to revolutionize the way companies understand their customer interactions.
You'll Own:
- System Architecture: Leading the design and implementation of complex, scalable, and high-performance backend services and APIs.
- Feature Lifecycle: Taking end-to-end ownership of major product initiatives, from initial design to coordinating delivery across Backend, Frontend, and Product teams.
- Engineering Standards: Establishing and driving team-level best practices for code quality, testing strategies, and CI/CD processes.
You'll Solve:
- Technical Complexity: Analyzing and debugging intricate challenges across the stack to ensure long-term system reliability.
- Cross-Functional Friction: Managing risks and coordinating dependencies between multiple teams to ensure seamless feature delivery.
- Scalability Bottlenecks: Implementing preventive measures and high-performance solutions to keep services running smoothly under load.
You'll Impact:
- System Integrity: Building the foundation for high-performance services that directly affect the stability and speed of the entire product.
- Operational Excellence: Elevating the team's technical bar through the implementation of robust CI/CD and quality processes.
- Strategic Delivery: Shaping how major initiatives are executed, ensuring technical excellence is balanced with business milestones.
How You'll Succeed Here:
- 7+ years of hands-on experience in large-scale backend development, with a strong emphasis on Java programming (a must).
- Proven experience in mentoring engineers.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to debug and resolve complex technical issues efficiently.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and building scalable microservices architectures.
- Advantageous experience with infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and building data-oriented applications and APIs.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to articulate technical ideas clearly and collaborate effectively within a team environment.
- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is preferred.
*We operate in a flexible hybrid work model. You must be eligible to work in Ireland.