Senior Backend Engineer - Engineering Operations

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Engineering Operations Team. As part of this high‑impact, platform team, you will play a key role in fostering engineering excellence by creating, implementing, and maintaining scalable core processes to enhance development efficiency, reliability, and quality within the Camunda 8 code bases and the Engineering organization’s processes.

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 Camunda 8 engineering teams to focus better on core product development.

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• Implement, automate and maintain core unified engineering processes in the Camunda 8 repositories, including release management and workflows, dependency management, and CVE management, by significantly improving developer experience.
  
• Continuously improve the CI/release health following a metric‑driven approach.
  
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to implement the CI strategy and engineering best practices, creating a positive impact within the Engineering organization.
  
• Identify friction in engineering operations workflows and elevate it by automating and orchestrating processes, ensuring scalability—by effectively partnering with software engineers, engineering leaders, and cross‑team stakeholders.
  

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• Ability and/or willingness to use our product.
  
• Strong software engineering experience with a track record of delivering results (preferably in Java).
  
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  • Specialization: Full stack or Backend.
    
  
  
• Passion for engineering operational excellence beyond writing code, including CI/CD optimization, dependency management, release process enhancements, metrics collection, and build efficiency (DevOps mindset), and track record of owning and developing engineering processes end‑to‑end.
  
• Strong experience in CI build tools (GitHub Actions, Java ecosystem – Maven, Docker) and automations (Shell/Python) in complex projects (e.g., monorepositories).
  
• Being a strong collaborator across teams and delivering impactful solutions in a platform‑like environment.
  
• Experience in developer experience tools and process optimization & driving AI adoption.
  
• 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.
  

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• Experience designing efficient cross‑team operations.
  
• Practical experience with Camunda or other BPMN systems.
  

We offer competitive, fair, and transparent compensation. Salary ranges are location‑based, with Standard and Major markets (global tech hubs) reflecting local competition.

The Annual Total Target Cash (base salary + 100% variable target, where applicable) shown below spans from the minimum in a Standard market to the maximum in a Major market. Final offers depend on skills, experience, and location, and we typically hire in the first half of the range to allow room for growth:

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• United States: $143,800.00 to $231,900.00
  
• United Kingdom: £90,300.00 to £148,500.00Singapore: S$178,600.00 to S$267,900.00
  

We also offer equity (where applicable) through our Virtual Stock Option Plan (VSOP).

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• 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‑to‑face time through our Annual Kickoff, team offsites, and Camunda Connection Budgets, including contributing to meetups while traveling and local gatherings with fellow Camunda.
  
• Health & Wellbeing: Access locally tailored healthcare, Modern Health for global mental wellbeing, and our Live Well Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA), a flexible, global benefit that puts you in control of your whole life, not just work.
  
• 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!
  

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. xcfaprz 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.

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