Lead Software Enginner-Backend

About Rocketlane

Rocketlane is a fast-growing, innovative SaaS company making waves in customer onboarding and professional services automation.

Our mission? To empower B2B companies with a smooth, consistent, and efficient way to onboard customers and manage client projects-reducing chaos and boosting customer satisfaction across industries.

We’re a close-knit team of over 100 passionate professionals, all focused on building a product that teams love to use. Our journey has been fueled by $45M in funding from top investors, including 8VC, Matrix Partners, and Nexus Venture Partners.

What will you do?

At Rocketlane, we’re all about building a great product and a great place to work. Here’s why you’ll actually look forward to Mondays.

• Drive the design, development, and enhancement of core features and functionalities of our observability platform, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to deliver scalable and reliable solutions

• Act as a subject matter expert, guiding and mentoring a team of talented software engineers to achieve technical excellence and deliver high-quality code

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement robust, scalable, and efficient systems that meet the demands of our growing customer base

• Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies, constantly researching and experimenting with innovative solutions to enhance our observability platform

• Work closely with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions, advocating for best practices and promoting a collaborative work environment

• Be proactive in identifying and addressing performance bottlenecks, applying optimizations, and maintaining the stability and availability of our platform

• Encourage a culture of continuous learning, improvement, and innovation within the engineering team, sharing knowledge and promoting professional growth

You should apply if

• 6+ years of experience in Backend engineering roles.

  • Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Java and related frameworks.

  • Work with HTTP protocols to build scalable and reliable APIs.

  • Collaborate on solutions leveraging technologies such as Spring, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, message brokers, and GitHub.

  • Ensure strong focus on performance optimization, debugging, and log management across services.

  • Participate in code reviews, troubleshooting, and resolving production issues.

  • Contribute to improving deployment and containerization workflows.

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality features in a SaaS environment.

  • (Nice to have) Utilize AWS services for building and scaling cloud-native solutions.

Why join us?

At Rocketlane, we’re all about building a great product and a great place to work. Here’s why you’ll actually look forward to Mondays:

• Impact and ownership: You won’t just be another cog in the machine; here, you’re more like a turbocharged engine part. Bring your ideas, make them happen.

• Work with the best: We’re a team of passionate, quirky, and ridiculously talented people. Come for the work, stay for the memes.

• Celebrate wins: Whether we’re hitting major milestones or celebrating new funding, we like to mix it up. Fromrap videos to team outings, we believe in celebrating big.

• Learn and grow: We’re all about learning-and we’re not just talking about the latest SaaS trends. You’ll grow your career, pick up new skills, and maybe even learn to love Excel (or at least tolerate it).

• Flexibility and balance: While we love collaborating in the office five days a week, we know everyone has their own rhythm. That’s why we offer flexibility around hours-so you can bring your best energy, whether you’re an early bird or a night owl. Pajamas optional (at least outside the office).