Software Engineer, Backend - Camunda Hub

Camunda is the leader in enterprise agentic automation, orchestrating complex business processes, including high-value knowledge work, across agents, people, and systems. By creating production-ready, enterprise-grade agents with built-in governance, Camunda uniquely delivers trusted AI agents for business-critical processes. Over 700 leading innovators like Atlassian, ING, and Vodafone, rely on Camunda to slash time-to-value from months to days, boost operational efficiency, and elevate customer experiences.

As a fully remote, global company, we’re rewriting the rules of modern business. Named GP Bullhound’s 2024 Top 100 Next Unicorn list, certified as a Great Place to Work, and recognized by Flexa for true flexibility, we’re growing fast and looking for top talent to join our team. If you’re excited to do meaningful work and make real impact, keep reading, this role could be the one you’ve been waiting for.

About The Role

This Software Engineer, Backend role is all about collaboratively building the foundation of a unified application that consolidates the Web Modeler, Console and Management Identity components into a cohesive experience. You’ll design and implement a modular backend, streamline our data layer and APIs, establish centralized authentication and organization management, and create integration points so domain teams can plug in without reinventing core concerns. Your work will directly accelerate adoption of the Camunda platform at scale and set the standards others will build on.

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• Design and ship a modular monolith backend, aligning tooling with the Orchestration Cluster components.
• Streamline the relational data layer to reduce operational overhead and ensure consistency with Orchestration Cluster compatibility.
• Collaboratively establish centralized authentication and organization management (roles, groups, permissions) to unify identity configuration and enable fine‑grained access across features.
• Create backend integration points and shared modules (authentication, authorization, data access) so other teams can plug-in without duplicating foundational logic.
• Collaborate closely with other engineering teams, product management, design, and support to deliver secure, maintainable features and clear migration paths for customers and internal teams.

What You Bring

• 3+ years of backend engineering experience in Java, shipping production services that customers rely on.
• Hands‑on experience building and maintaining complex applications with Spring Boot, Maven, and Docker, guided by proven best practices.
• A strong sense of ownership and comfort with “you build it, you run it,” including deploy and operate responsibilities.
• A pragmatic, autonomous approach to problem solving—able to deliver incremental progress through iterative solutions.
• Willingness to use and learn from Camunda’s product in your daily work, applying it to real engineering challenges.
• Ability and/or willingness to use our product

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices (monitoring, logging, deployment automation), ideally with GitHub Actions.
• Experience working in a Monorepo setup and contributing to shared modules.
• Proficiency in relational database design, including schema modeling and performance considerations.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and Helm for container orchestration and configuration management.

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Compensation

What We Have to Offer:

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:

• United States: $119,900.00 to $193,200.00
• Germany: €77,400.00 to €128,100.00
• United Kingdom: £75,300.00 to £123,800.00
• Singapore: S$148,900.00 to S$223,300.00

If you’re based elsewhere, you’ll be hired via Remote.com (our global employer partner), and your Talent Acquisition Partner will provide a personalized Total Rewards Calculator after your first interview.

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

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!

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