Staff Software Engineer

At 8x8 Inc. [Nasdaq:EGHT] we put communications at the heart of our business and build technology that allows people to connect anytime, anywhere they are in the world, and on any device. XCaaS - the 8x8 Experience Communications Platform - brings together Employee and Customer Experience, enabling hybrid workforces across the globe to connect, collaborate, and delight customers, while providing businesses with real-time communications analytics, intelligence and unique insights.

Learn more on our company website at www.8x8.com follow our pages on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

FOR BACKEND ROLES:
We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our growing Contact Center technology team. This is an exciting opportunity to become a member of the 8x8 engineering team that is involved in the entire life cycle of development, from the browser to the database.
You will be part of the team that owns high performance, mission critical services, from design to development, deployment and operation at scale.
Get the chance to work in a microservices architecture, add new features, solve day-to-day problems and contribute to system wide technical improvements. All this in an agile run project that is continuously deployed in Kubernetes clusters hosted in AWS.
Responsibilities
Design and implement web application functionalities using Java as the main language
Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle
Understand, interpret and clarify functional requirements as well as technical requirements for the project;
Work together with product and development teams to define software specifications;
Collaborate and lead architecture and design decisions driving platform direction;
Implement and maintain back-end functionality supporting front-end services and applications.
Code with Performance, Scalability, Reliability, Extensibility, Observability and Security in mind.
Research, design and develop Proofs of Concept to solve product requirements
Prepare and release new versions of services
Diagnose and address issues involving complex system interdependencies, scale, unfamiliar codebases, or unexpected datasets
Contribute and provide value to multiple products and services.
Promote and drive innovation, quality and performance initiatives within the team and throughout 8x8.
Mentor and educate engineers on best practices and new technologies.
Adhere to high-quality standards through unit testing and automation
Qualifications
Proven skills and Hands-on programming experience in Java, preferably leveraging Spring Framework
Excellent development experience with Java REST web services
Knowledge of Java concurrency/multithreading and asynchronous APIs
Comfortable with Java internals (Classloading, Memory Management, Transaction Management, Performance, Annotation Processing)
Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL, and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate)
Familiarity with PHP
Proficiency in Database technologies (SQL and NoSQL)
Good knowledge of Distributed Systems
Good knowledge of NFR-s analysis and implementation
Deliver beautiful and well tested code
Exposure to AWS (or other Public Cloud)
Very good understanding of design patterns and microservices
Experience with test automation at the unit and integration levels.
Familiar with architecture, design, development, and deployment of enterprise systems
Product mindset and Customer oriented
Passionate about delivering high-quality software
Excellent problem solving skills and ability to work independently and with others
Coach and mentor your team
Be the example of a team player who works productively with stakeholders to achieve the business objectives of your team.
Be passionate about complex systems integration and the challenges involved in testing complex software applications.

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