Senior Software Engineer - SRE

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Veeva Systems

Veeva Systems is a mission-driven organization and pioneer in industry cloud, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster. As one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies, we surpassed $2B in revenue in our last fiscal year with extensive growth potential ahead. At the heart of Veeva are our values : Do the Right Thing, Customer Success, Employee Success, and Speed. We are a Work Anywhere company, supporting flexibility to work from home or in the office.

Join us in transforming the life sciences industry, committed to making a positive impact on its customers, employees, and communities.

The Role

Join our dynamic team as a

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

on the Vault Platform team, where you\'ll ensure the scalability and reliability of our enterprise applications. You\'ll tackle complex challenges at a global scale, drawing on your deep expertise in Java and modern open-source technologies to make a tangible impact on production systems.

You should have extensive experience with Java applications and the latest open-source technologies, ideally from enterprise software development or a high-growth tech company. As a Senior SRE, you\'ll need to be naturally curious and skilled at problem-solving. You\'ll also bring a unique engineering perspective, understanding how systems integrate in production to operate at a global scale for hundreds of customers across North America, Europe, and Asia.

What You\'ll Do

Build Cloud Infrastructure : Rapidly build new cloud infrastructure from scratch, adhering to software development best practices

Drive Reliability & Scalability : Ensure our platform meets the scalability and reliability needs of our hundreds of global customers (across North America, Europe, and Asia)

Lead Incident Management : During an incident, effectively lead triage and mitigation efforts, potentially performing periodic on-call duty for escalations

Automate & Optimize : Develop tools and automation to eliminate manual work and reduce issue resolution times

Full-Stack Diagnostics : Proactively learn all necessary systems to provide full-stack diagnostics and determine root causes of production problems

Strategic Engineering Partnership : Strategize with engineering teams on complex problems, offering insights on what will work at scale (supporting 2M+ users) and guiding development decisions before features ship

Influence Design : Participate in engineering design reviews of new features and drive initiatives to improve operational efficiency and platform scalability

Cross-functional Collaboration : Partner effectively with Product Management, Design, and QA to deliver cutting-edge solutions and direct customer value

Backend Focus : Work across multiple layers of our technology stack, with a primary focus on backend development, and opportunities in frontend and infrastructure

Effective Communication : Communicate clearly with engineering teams, succinctly describing problems for seamless hand-offs during outages with both technical and non-technical audiences

Mentorship : Actively mentor team members, contributing to a positive and high-performing team environment

Requirements

Deep Java Expertise : 5+ years of experience in Java development, with a strong preference for experience within enterprise cloud software companies

Operational Experience : Hands-on operational experience in a high-volume or critical production service environment, including incident management and root cause analysis

Code Quality : Proven ability to write clean, testable, readable, and maintainable code within a collaborative team setting

Open Source Proficiency : Hands-on experience with a range of open-source technologies, such as Spring, MySQL, Hibernate, Solr, Maven, Git, Tomcat, Linux, AWS, Vagrant, Docker, and Kubernetes

Database Mastery : 3+ years of experience in relational databases with expert-level SQL skills

Scripting Skills : Solid scripting proficiency with languages such as Shell, Bash, Ansible, Python, Go, Ruby, etc.

Leadership & Communication : Demonstrated history of incident management and leadership ability, with effective communication skills across all levels (individual contributors to executives)

Mentorship : Proven record of making your team better through mentorship

This role requires a working schedule of Monday - Friday, 6 AM - 2 PM EST, and candidates must be located in the EST or AST time zones to be considered

Learn More

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Perks & Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance

PTO and company-paid holidays

Retirement programs

1% charitable giving program

Compensation

Base pay : $110,000 - $270,000

The salary range listed here has been provided to comply with local regulations and represents a potential base salary range for this role. Actual salaries may vary within the range above or below, depending on experience and location. This position may also be eligible for other types of compensation in addition to base salary, such as variable bonus and / or stock bonus.

Veeva\'s headquarters is located in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in more than 15 countries around the world. Veeva is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristics protected by local laws, regulations, or ordinances. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need when applying for a role or in our recruitment process, please contact us at talent_accommodations@veeva.com.

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