Senior Software Engineer-Backend

About Rocketlane
Rocketlane is a fast-growing, innovative SaaS company making waves in customer onboarding and professional services automation, Our missionTo empower B2B companies with a smooth, consistent, and efficient way to onboard customers and manage client projects?reducing chaos and boosting customer satisfaction across industries, Were a close-knit team of over 100 passionate professionals, all focused on building a product that teams love to use Our journey has been fueled by $45M in funding from top investors, including 8VC, Matrix Partners, and Nexus Venture Partners, What will you do At Rocketlane, were all about building a great product and a great place to work Heres why youll actually look forward to Mondays, Drive the design, development, and enhancement of core features and functionalities of our observability platform, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to deliver scalable and reliable solutions Act as a subject matter expert, guiding and mentoring a team of talented software engineers to achieve technical excellence and deliver high-quality code Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement robust, scalable, and efficient systems that meet the demands of our growing customer base Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies, constantly researching and experimenting with innovative solutions to enhance our observability platform Work closely with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions, advocating for best practices and promoting a collaborative work environment Be proactive in identifying and addressing performance bottlenecks, applying optimizations, and maintaining the stability and availability of our platform Encourage a culture of continuous learning, improvement, and innovation within the engineering team, sharing knowledge and promoting professional growth Some of the tech problems you get to work-on as a backend engineer would be to build the backend for a modern spreadsheet experience from scratch, work on infra as code, write robust code that is fault tolerant, work on performant code that adheres to SLOs set by the organization, You should apply if You have 3 5 years of experience You have expertise in the following areas Java HTTP Protocol Youve heard of or worked with some of the following tech stacks / products Spring PostgreSQL Redis Docker Message brokers GitHub These non-functional areas are familiar to you Performance Debugging Log management Familiarity with AWS is nice to have Why join us At Rocketlane, were all about building a great product and a great place to work Heres why youll actually look forward to Mondays: Impact and ownership: You wont just be another cog in the machine; here, youre more like a turbocharged engine part Bring your ideas, make them happen, Work with the best: Were a team of passionate, quirky, and ridiculously talented people Come for the work, stay for the memes, Celebrate wins: Whether were hitting major milestones or celebrating new funding, we like to mix it up From rap videos to team outings, we believe in celebrating big, Learn and grow: Were all about learning?and were not just talking about the latest SaaS trends Youll grow your career, pick up new skills, and maybe even learn to love Excel (or at least tolerate it), Flexibility and balance: While we love collaborating in the office five days a week, we know everyone has their own rhythm Thats why we offer flexibility around hours?so you can bring your best energy, whether youre an early bird or a night owl Pajamas optional (at least outside the office),