We are Camunda - where your work will have real impact! Picture yourself at a company where your work isn’t just another task on a list, but a key driver of transformation for hundreds of organizations. Your work will directly shape how hundreds of enterprises like Atlassian, NASA, and Goldman Sachs – orchestrate their most critical processes to drive digital transformation.
In 2024, we crossed the $100 million mark in ARR – an incredible milestone in our growth story. We’ve been named in GP Bullhound’s 2024 Top 100 Next Unicorn list, we’ve earned Flexa’s stamp as a truly flexible workplace, and we proudly hold Great Place to Work certification in both the USA and UK. As a fully remote, global company, we’re rewriting the rules of how modern businesses operate.
And we’re just getting started! We are growing fast and on a mission to find the very best talent in the world. If you’re ready to bring your bold ideas to a fast-paced, dynamic team, keep reading – this role could be the one you’ve been waiting for.
About the Role:
The Data Layer team is responsible for designing, maintaining, and optimizing the data systems of the Core application. This means building robust and scalable solutions in a data-intensive application, while focusing on high performance and efficiency.
Ownership of the data layer involves developing features relating to data storage, monitoring and improving read and write performance, and collaborating with other teams to support application development and its evolving data requirements.
As Tech Lead, you will guide the team in designing, implementing, and documenting complex features. Together with collaborators within Engineering, you will play a key role in defining the architectural direction and ensuring its successful execution.
Technologies used by the team are: Java, Relational Databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle, MariaDB), Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Spring Boot, Spring, Maven, Docker, Helm.
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What You’ll Be Doing:
The Data Layer team builds the systems that process, structure, and optimize process automation event streams for efficient querying by applications and services. As a mission-critical team, their work directly impacts application stability, business decision-making, and the company's success.
We are looking for a Tech Lead to help design and implement solutions to complex problems, and take a leading role in designing and evolving the data architecture to serve our customer’s needs. You will work closely with the team’s Engineering Manager, Software Architects, Product Managers, and other Engineers.
As a Tech Lead, you will:
Drive architectural direction by leading the design of scalable, well-balanced solutions that shape the evolution of Camunda 8. Collaborate with stakeholders across product, architecture, and leadership to influence high-impact technical decisions grounded in both long-term vision and practical constraints.
Champion engineering quality by coaching engineers on pragmatic best practices that balance delivery speed with sustainability. Promote maintainability, efficiency, and performance by setting internal standards and upholding them through mentoring, code reviews, and technical leadership.
Lead complex initiatives, shaping solution architectures, creating delivery plans, and ensuring transparency through clear communication with all stakeholders.
Explore and de-risk unknowns by conducting technical spikes and defining paths forward on challenges with high uncertainty or complexity.
Stay hands-on when needed, from establishing foundational architectural patterns or strategies to tackle technical debt, to unblocking the team by fixing CI issues or contributing critical code.
Ensure product robustness, contributing to performant, secure, and well-tested features, assisting with third-level support, and continuously improving tooling, performance, and developer experience.
What You Bring:
5+ years of experience as a Java Backend Engineer.
Excellent knowledge and experience using Java and at least one of the following Databases: Relational Databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle, MariaDB), Elasticsearch/OpenSearch
Practical experience working with Spring, Spring Boot, Maven, and Docker
Ambition and drive to understand and evolve an established codebase and data model that solves complex business problems
Excellent project management skills, and the ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal form
Passion to coach other engineers, making other people better by sharing your expertise, and improving team practices.
You thrive in taking ownership of the codebase, as well as how you deploy and operate software. You are comfortable with the “you build it, you run it” mindset.
Ability and/or willingness to use our product
Nice-to-haves:
Experience with both Elasticsearch and RDBMS is strongly preferred
Knowledge of GitHub workflows and actions
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What We Have to Offer:
Compensation
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: $143,800 to $237,300
Germany: €92,900 to €153,700
United Kingdom: £90,300 to £148,500
Singapore: S$178,600 to S$267,900
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!
