Full-Time Backend Engineer

Lucidworks is transforming digital experiences for major retailers, financial firms, manufacturers, and B2B commerce organizations. Our core focus is search and browse.

Our Deep Learning technology analyzes user behavior to connect people with needed products, content, and information.

Brands like Crate & Barrel, Lenovo, Red Hat, and Cisco Systems use Lucidworks' products to enhance commerce, customer service, and workplace applications, delighting customers and empowering employees.

The SaaS Engineering team is crucial for providing a robust platform for our customers. As a Backend Engineer, you'll develop tools and interfaces for automating production infrastructure creation, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance.

We use cutting-edge cloud computing technologies to support mission-critical projects.

Backend Chapter Responsibilities: Building and managing our cloud-based SaaS platform, focusing on APIs and data management; developing distributed systems, and maintaining platform state and identity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain Java services using Spring Boot (Java 21).
• Contribute to scaling a distributed, multi-tenant data platform.
• Develop software for increased service automation, focusing on simplicity and performance.
• Build and maintain internal/external APIs for improved accessibility.
• Support Lucidworks' cloud-first initiative by developing self-service APIs and data architecture.
• Secure cloud services with best practices (authentication, authorization, identity management).
• Participate in software design discussions and contribute feedback.
• Collaborate effectively with international teams in an Agile environment.
• Adhere to Lucidworks' values, policies, and procedures.

Stack Technologies: Java 21, Spring Boot, Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes (GKE), Terraform.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 3-4 years of software development experience, working in increasingly complex environments.
• 24x7 on-call rotation willingness, embracing end-to-end ownership.
• 3+ years of Java development experience.
• Experience with public cloud environments (GCP preferred).
• Microservices and event-driven architecture familiarity.
• Quality and results-oriented approach.
• SaaS infrastructure development in a continuous deployment environment (ArgoCD).
• Familiarity with Domain-Driven Design, Relational and NoSQL databases.
• Containerization and container orchestration experience (Kubernetes).
• DevOps experience is a plus.

Competencies:

• Collaboration
• Resourcefulness
• Teamwork
• Strong communication skills
• Empathy

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