Senior Backend Engineer (Monorepo Automation)

Job Description

We are Camunda - where your work will have real impact! Picture yourself at a company where your work isn’t just another task on a list, but a key driver of transformation for hundreds of organizations. Your work will directly shape how hundreds of enterprises like Atlassian, NASA, and Goldman Sachs – orchestrate their most critical processes to drive digital transformation.

In 2024, we crossed the $100 million mark in ARR – an incredible milestone in our growth story. We’ve been named in GP Bullhound’s 2024 Top 100 Next Unicorn list, we’ve earned Flexa’s stamp as a truly flexible workplace, and we proudly hold Great Place to Work certification in both the USA and UK. As a fully remote, global company, we’re rewriting the rules of how modern businesses operate.

And we’re just getting started! We are growing fast and on a mission to find the very best talent in the world. If you’re ready to bring your bold ideas to a fast-paced, dynamic team, keep reading – this role could be the one you’ve been waiting for.

About the Role:

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our new Monorepo DevOps Team. As part of this high-impact, platform-oriented team, you will play a key role in fostering engineering excellence by creating and implementing core processes and tools to enhance development efficiency, reliability, and quality within the Camunda 8 monorepo.

You will collaborate with infrastructure and core software engineering teams to ensure smooth workflows, robust dependency management, and continuous improvement of CI processes; enabling the core Camunda 8 engineering teams to focus better on the core product development.

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What You’ll Be Doing:

• Implement, automate and maintain core engineering processes in the Camunda 8 monorepository, including: release management and workflows, dependency management, CVE management, asset management.

• Monitor and continuously improve monorepo CI health following a metric-driven approach

• Collaborate with the key stakeholders to implement the CI strategy and engineering best practices, by creating a positive impact within the C8 Engineering organization.

What You Bring:

• Ability and/or willingness to use our product

• Software Engineering experience with a track record of delivering high-impact results (preferably, in one of the JVM languages)

  • Specialization: Fullstack or Backend

• Passion for engineering operational excellence beyond writing code, including CI/CD optimization, dependency management with Renovate, release process enhancements, and build efficiency (DevOps mindset)

• Experience in CI build tools and automations (GitHub Actions, Java ecosystem - Maven, Docker).

• Ability to collaborate across teams and deliver impactful solutions in a platform-like environment.

• You thrive in taking ownership of the codebase, as well as how you deploy and operate software. You are comfortable with the “you build it, you run it” mindset

• We're looking for a Software Engineer with backend background, with experience and interest in operational excellence and process topics, like developer automation and CI efficiency

• We're NOT looking for DevOps/Infrastructure/SRE Engineers for this role

Nice to haves:

• Experience in developer experience tools and process optimization.

• Automation testing framework experience and QA strategies.

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What We Have to Offer:

Compensation

For external hires, we consider the skills and experience of the incoming candidate, but typically place candidates in the first half of the range to ensure ample room for growth over the entire lifecycle of the role.

Below is the annual Total Target Cash Compensation (Total Cash) range for Camundi located in one of our entities. Total Cash refers to base salary and 100% attainment of variable target, where applicable. Actual Total Cash offered will depend on factors such as skills and qualifications related to the role. To comprise the Total Rewards package, Camunda also offers equity (where applicable) in the form of a Virtual Employee Stock Option Plan and benefits based on the country of residence.

The annual Total Cash range for this position for Camundi in our entities is as follows:

• United States: $131.000 to $196.000
  

• Germany: €87.000 to €130.000

• United Kingdom: £85.000 to £127.500

• Singapore: S$162.900 to S$244.400

If you are outside one of these countries, you would be employed by our Preferred Employer Organization (PEO), Remote. After applying for the role and speaking with one of our Talent Acquisition Partners, you will be provided a link to access the Camunda Total Rewards Calculator which will outline the Total Cash range for your country.

Benefits & Perks

We invest in your wellbeing, growth, and ability to connect, along with perks that support you no matter where you’re based. Our benefits are globally designed and locally delivered where applicable.

• Remote & Flexible: Work from anywhere with the setup that suits you, home office budget, co-working space support, and flexible time off to recharge when you need it.

• In Person Connection: We invest in meaningful face time through our Annual Kickoff (Vienna in 2025, Madrid in 2026!), team offsites, and Camundi Connection Budgets, including contributing to meetups while travelling,, and local gatherings with fellow Camundi.

• Health & Wellbeing: Access locally tailored healthcare, Modern Health for global mental wellbeing, and an annual fitness reimbursement.

• Financial Security: Retirement and pension plans (often with company contributions), plus life and disability insurance where relevant.

• Professional Growth: Up to $/€/£1,000 per year for self-driven learning: courses, certifications, books, you decide!

• More of what we offer globally & in your country can be found here.

”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. We are looking forward to your application!

Come join us and be part of Camunda’s incredible journey: Make an impact at a pivotal moment in our story!