Senior Staff Software Engineer

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Job Overview:

We’re looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer to help shape the next generation of Security Observability at SolarWinds.

This role is focused on building high-scale, cloud-native systems that help customers monitor, understand, and secure their infrastructure in real time. You’ll operate at a Staff level — owning architecture, influencing technical direction, and working across teams to deliver impactful platform capabilities.

This is a hands-on role for engineers who enjoy solving complex distributed systems challenges while driving technical leadership across the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build scalable, cloud-native backend systems using Java and modern frameworks
• Own and drive architecture and system design decisions across services and platforms
• Develop and operate distributed systems handling high-throughput data (logs, metrics, events)
• Collaborate with Product, Architecture, and Engineering teams to align technical solutions with business goals
• Lead technical initiatives and influence engineering direction across teams
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices in system design, coding, and operations
• Contribute to improving performance, reliability, and scalability of the platform
• Stay current with emerging technologies and apply them where relevant

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with 14+ years of experience, or Master’s degree with 10+ years of experience in Computer Science or a related field
• Strong backend engineering experience with Java (Spring Boot or similar frameworks)
• Proven experience building microservices and distributed systems in production environments
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Solid understanding of system design, scalability, high availability, and performance optimization
• Experience building or contributing to SaaS or enterprise-grade platforms
• Strong understanding of data storage technologies, including both RDBMS and NoSQL
• Familiarity with event-driven systems or streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka) is a plus
• Exposure to CI/CD, infrastructure as code, or modern DevOps practices is a plus
• Proven ability to influence technical direction, lead architectural decisions, and mentor engineers
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across teams

SolarWinds is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. SolarWinds will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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