Staff Software Engineer

Everbridge (Everbridge, Inc.; Vienna, VA): is a global leader in critical event management, helping organizations and governments respond to the moments that matter most. We're currently seeking a Staff Software Engineer.

The Staff Software Engineer will develop our new applications that will integrate with our SaaS platform for critical event management and mass notification. Our platform uses AngularJS, ReactJS on the front-end with the backend leveraging Java, Spring, MongoDB. The Staff Software Engineer will need to be able to translate user requirements into a functional implementation, taking into consideration scalability and performance.

• Designing, developing, and supporting software solutions for the company’s critical event management platform and various web and mobile applications built on top of the core platform.
• Collaborating directly with product management, QA, technical operations, and cross functional team leads to ensure the timely completion of projects.
• Creating and maintaining robust, high-volume, and scalable applications to meet performance and reliability standards.
• Designing and implementing microservices architectures that support modular, maintainable, and extensible systems.
• Defining and implementing automated tests to maintain software quality and accelerate development cycles.
• Building applications and infrastructure that run in AWS, following best practices for cloud-native development.
• Participating in code reviews to ensure code quality, maintainability, and alignment with team standards.
• Contributing as a scrum team member and technical leader, ensuring timely project delivery with high-quality output.
• Designing, implementing, and optimizing data pipelines and analytics solutions using tools like Snowflake and Looker to support data-driven decision-making.
• Monitoring and managing cloud infrastructure costs proactively, driving efficiency and implementing strategies for cost optimization.
• Developing and maintaining scalable, event-driven architectures using Kafka or similar queue-based messaging systems to ensure reliable and efficient data processing.
• Telecommuting permitted. 10% of domestic travel.

Minimum requirements:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field. Alternatively, will accept a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, plus 5 years of experience in a software engineering role.

 

Must have:

• Proven ability with database schema design.
• Demonstrated ability working with CI/CD principles and tools, Agile, and Scrum.
• Proven ability with SQL and NoSQL solutions such as MongoDB and Postgres.
• Proven ability building Microservices using Java and Spring.
• Proven ability writing scalable multi-threaded Java applications.
• Proven ability to work independently or within a team.