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Here you’ll find opportunities to innovate and support growth through individual and team development, all within an environment where every voice is heard.\nConga lines up commercial operations so companies run as connected, smarter businesses. By unifying the people and processes that drive commerce, Conga aligns pricing, quoting, contracting, rebates, and communications so teams stay in sync and buyers keep moving forward. The result is trusted decisions, consistent buyer experiences, and profitable growth. More than 10,000 customers worldwide, including over 50% of the Fortune 100®, trust Conga when commercial complexity is high and global impact is on the line.\nJob Title: Staff Software Engineer\nLocation: Houston, Tx, Boston, MA Hybrid\nReports To: Product Development Manager\nA Quick Snapshot...\nThe Staff Software Engineer is a hands-on backend role focused on building the Java services that power real-time pricing across Conga's platform. This position is responsible for designing and delivering cloud-native, microservices-based capabilities that are scalable, performant, resilient, and maintainable.\nAs a Staff Software Engineer, you will work with Cassandra, Redis, Azure, and event-driven patterns to deliver high-throughput backend solutions. You will collaborate with an international team of engineers, product managers, and architects, contribute to architecture decisions, and mentor junior engineers along the way.\nThis role is ideal for experienced Java engineers who thrive on distributed systems, care deeply about clean code and quality, and want their work to have a direct impact on how enterprise customers price and sell.\nWhy It's a Big Deal...\nDesign and develop backend services in Java for a cloud-native, microservices-based platform with a strong focus on scalability, performance, resiliency, and maintainability.\nBuild reusable backend services and distributed system capabilities that support real-time pricing and related business operations.\nWork with Cassandra, Redis, Azure, and event-driven patterns to deliver reliable, high-throughput backend solutions.\nCollaborate with an international team of engineers, product managers, and architects to define system functionality and plan future sprints.\nPartner with tech leads and architects to align implementations with industry best practices and company standards across the backend layer.\nContribute to backend architecture decisions, service design, and data handling patterns.\nParticipate in code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing across the engineering team.\nProvide technical mentorship to junior engineers, guiding them in best practices, design decisions, and professional growth.\nConduct technical research to solve complex problems and drive continuous improvement across backend technologies.\nDevelop unit, integration, and service-level tests, and collaborate with QA to ensure end-to-end quality.\nWork closely with the DevOps/Cloud Services team to support deployments and troubleshoot production issues.\nContribute to and maintain technical documentation.\nHelp improve engineering processes, delivery practices, and operational reliability across the platform.\nHere's What We're Looking For...\n5+ years of experience developing large-scale, complex applications with Java.\nStrong expertise in backend development, including multi-threading, messaging, streaming, performance optimization, and horizontal scalability.\nSolid experience building REST APIs and backend services.\nHands-on experience with Cassandra and other NoSQL databases, as well as SQL databases.\nStrong knowledge of Redis, including caching and stream-based workflows.\nExperience with cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure, along with Docker and Kubernetes.\nStrong understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and event-driven design.\nSolid understanding of OOP, design patterns, SOLID principles, and clean architecture.\nAwareness of algorithmic complexity and Java data structures.\nExperience with BDD/TDD practices and Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban.\nFamiliarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions, and working knowledge of Git, Jira, and Confluence.\nExcellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.\nA proactive mindset and willingness to learn and work across backend technologies.\nExperience leveraging AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or similar) to improve productivity, code quality, or development workflows.\nExperience with Java 21 and/or Dropwizard.\nFamiliarity with OpenSearch or Elasticsearch.\nExperience with Azure Service Bus, Redis Streams, or similar messaging technologies.\nExperience with AKS, Helm, or other Azure deployment tooling.\nUniversity degree in Computer Science or a related field.\nWhy This Role Matters at Conga\nDirectly shape the backend services that power real-time pricing, a core capability our customers rely on to quote, sell, and grow revenue.\nBuild reusable services and distributed system capabilities that drive consistency and scale across the platform.\nInfluence backend architecture, service design, and data handling patterns alongside tech leads and architects.\nDrive scalability, performance, resiliency, and operational reliability across a cloud-native, event-driven platform.\nRaise engineering quality through testing, code reviews, and continuous improvement of delivery practices.\nHelp grow the next generation of engineers through mentorship and knowledge sharing.\nWork alongside a talented international team on technology that serves enterprise customers worldwide.\nIn the spirit of the Conga Edge, we strive to design easy-to-understand compensation programs that are fair and free from any type of discrimination. In keeping with this approach, we are committed to delivering competitive compensation and benefits packages to our employees worldwide and communicating transparently about the structure of our compensation programs.\nListed below is the U.S. base salary range for this full-time position. Within the range, individual pay is determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education, or training. In addition to base salary, employees receive a variable incentive pay component, perks such as flexible work options, and a full range of benefits including medical and dental insurance. \nThe posted salary ranges are for the expectations outlined in the job description. We are often open to a wide variety of profiles and sometimes have flexibility within our organizational structure to adjust the role responsibilities up or down should we select a candidate that is less or more experienced than the posted job requirements. In these occasional cases, we will communicate the revised salary range to the candidate during the selection process.\nU.S base salary range:\n$143,690—$229,900 USD\nDid we pique your interest? \nIf this sounds like the kind of job you would love in the kind of environment where you would thrive, please click apply. We'd love to hear from you!\nPreferred Resume Format \nWe accept resumes in any format, we suggest using PDF or plain text. These formats help ensure that your resume’s formatting remains intact, making it easier for our recruiters to review your application promptly. \nDon’t meet every requirement for the role? \nStudies have shown that women and members of ethnic minorities are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Conga we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You just might be the right candidate for this or other roles. \nAdditional Information\nConga is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, parental or pregnancy status, marriage and civil partnership, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We understand interviewing can be stressful for those with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to allow you to show us your best self, please let your recruiter know as soon as possible. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. 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