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Senior Software Engineer | Backend
Mountain View, CA, USA
Job description
Aera Technology is a pioneer in the growing category of Decision Intelligence Platforms and a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for 2026– the technology to digitize, augment, and automate decision-making processes with AI and machine learning. Through our AI decision automation platform, Aera Decision Cloud™, we are helping the best-known brands in the world make smarter, faster decisions.
Privately-held and VC-funded, we have a global team of over 400 Aeranauts – and we’re growing. We deliver Decision Intelligence innovation and services that enable enterprises to automate and scale decision making with accuracy and speed. We continue to be the trusted choice of market leaders for our proven ability to generate value and unlock opportunities that were previously unattainable.
We’re looking for a talented Senior Software Engineer to join our world-class engineering team and become instrumental in the development and architecture of our enterprise cloud platform. As a Senior Software Engineer/Tech lead you will collaborate with other architects, designers, product managers and software developers to influence product direction and functional requirements, and deliver complex high performance, scalable software products and APIs.
This role will require 3 days per week in our Mountain View Headquarters. At this time, we are only considering current local residents.
Responsibities:
Design, build and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code and automation
Use AI-enabled engineering practices to enhance code quality, automate repetitive work, and accelerate development/testing/documentation.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to influence product direction and define functional requirements.
Identify opportunities for technical and product innovation, and proactively design solutions that elevate system performance and user experience.
Gain in-depth knowledge of the owned modules and maintain a comprehensive understanding of the end-to-end flows and modules that interact with them from a business point of view.
Deliver highly scalable, robust, and performant APIs and software products.
Identify and resolve technical challenges to ensure high-quality software delivery.
Mentor junior team members and contribute to a culture of engineering excellence
Participate in design and code reviews
Identify bottlenecks and bugs in applications, and devise solutions to ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications
About you:
8+ years of experience working in Java, server-side development, with a proven track record of delivering great software
Adopter of modern LLM tools for Java backend development
You can discuss design patterns, memory management and performance optimization.
Experience with working on Spring Boot, ORM Frameworks, Microservices and REST APIs, GIT, Gradle and Linux platforms
Experience with modern design approaches like Event Based Design, Component-Based Design, SOLID, KISS, DRY, YAGNI, Clean Code.
Experience with SQL development, data modeling, and complex data structures for high-volume and high-velocity data
Hands-on experience with frameworks such as JUnit, TestNG, Mockito
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes is a strong plus
Working knowledge in AWS, Kafka, Apache Spark, Elastic search, REDIS, ELK
Experience building secure, complex, and scalable APIs, from design through deployment
Solid understanding of writing and delivering testable quality code, from the ground up
Experience with streaming data and complex event processing systems
Have a positive energy and enthusiasm - cultural fit is a big deal for us, we’re looking for smart people who are excited about solving big problems and are self-motivated to get things done
Are organized and have a professional attitude to work - You’re a good communicator, you are pragmatic, and you know how to build trust
Aera Technology is a pioneer in the growing category of Decision Intelligence Platforms and a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for 2026– the technology to digitize, augment, and automate decision-making processes with AI and machine learning. Through our AI decision automation platform, Aera Decision Cloud™, we are helping the best-known brands in the world make smarter, faster decisions.
Privately-held and VC-funded, we have a global team of over 400 Aeranauts – and we’re growing. We deliver Decision Intelligence innovation and services that enable enterprises to automate and scale decision making with accuracy and speed. We continue to be the trusted choice of market leaders for our proven ability to generate value and unlock opportunities that were previously unattainable.
We’re looking for a talented Senior Software Engineer to join our world-class engineering team and become instrumental in the development and architecture of our enterprise cloud platform. As a Senior Software Engineer/Tech lead you will collaborate with other architects, designers, product managers and software developers to influence product direction and functional requirements, and deliver complex high performance, scalable software products and APIs.
This role will require 3 days per week in our Mountain View Headquarters. At this time, we are only considering current local residents.
If you share our passion for building a sustainable, intelligent, and efficient world, you’re in the right place. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, we're a series C start-up, with teams in Mountain View, San Francisco (California), Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca (Romania), Paris (France), Munich (Germany), London (UK), Pune (India), and Sydney (Australia). So join us, and let’s build this!
Aera Technology is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Aera Technology will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Aera Technology respects the privacy of your data. Aera Technology respects the privacy of your data. Please take the time to read our Candidate Privacy Notice, available here.
Benefits:
At Aera Technology, we strive to support our Aeranauts and their loved ones through different stages of life with a variety of attractive benefits, and great perks. In addition to offering a competitive salary and company stock options, we have other great benefits available. You’ll find comprehensive medical, vision and dental plans, a 401K plan, flexible paid time off, generous parental leave, and much more. We believe in a flexible working environment, to allow our Aeranauts to perform at their best, ensuring a healthy work-life balance. When you’re working from the office, you’ll also have access to a fully-stocked kitchen with a selection of snacks and beverages.
If you share our passion for building a sustainable, intelligent, and efficient world, you’re in the right place. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, we're a series C start-up, with teams in Mountain View, San Francisco (California), Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca (Romania), Paris (France), Munich (Germany), London (UK), Pune (India), and Sydney (Australia). So join us, and let’s build this!
Aera Technology is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Aera Technology will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Aera Technology respects the privacy of your data. Aera Technology respects the privacy of your data. Please take the time to read our Candidate Privacy Notice, available here.
Benefits:
At Aera Technology, we strive to support our Aeranauts and their loved ones through different stages of life with a variety of attractive benefits, and great perks. In addition to offering a competitive salary and company stock options, we have other great benefits available. You’ll find comprehensive medical, vision and dental plans, a 401K plan, flexible paid time off, generous parental leave, and much more. We believe in a flexible working environment, to allow our Aeranauts to perform at their best, ensuring a healthy work-life balance. When you’re working from the office, you’ll also have access to a fully-stocked kitchen with a selection of snacks and beverages.
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