Responsibilities

• Drive technical design, frame and solve problems that span service and system boundaries
• Design, implement, review, maintain, and test secure microservices powering the KNIME cloud platform
• Build and improve lean and robust REST APIs
• Identify technical debt, security issues, architectural risks, and lead mitigation efforts
• Lead the debugging of complex cross-component production issues
• Set high standards for code quality, design patterns, and engineering practices across the codebase
• Partner with architects, other teams, and product management to ensure technical solutions meet product and business requirements
• Provide mentoring and direction for other team members
• Research, identify, and present patterns and technologies relevant to software architecture and product design
• Actively contribute to cross-team engineering communities and shared technical standards
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Requirements

• Degree in computer science or a comparable field
• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing large-scale applications
• High proficiency in either Java or Golang, with intermediate-level experience in the other, focused on backend development
• Microservice design, development, and deployment experience
• Experience with at least one cloud platform (AWS or Azure), including load balancing, scaling, networking, and security
• Familiarity with relational databases and data modeling for scale
• Experience with Kubernetes and containerization
• Familiarity with authentication/authorization technologies (e.g. OIDC, Keycloak)
• Strong oral and written English communication skills
• Experience with AI-driven software engineering is a plus
• Familiarity with event-driven system design is a plus
• Practical experience with Quarkus or Helm is a plus
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