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*Senior Software Engineer, Java | SaaS Backup

NinjaOne

Remote · USFull-time$140–200K/yrPosted 1w agoStill listed 1 day ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$140–200K/yr
Location
Remote · US
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Senior Software Engineer will develop and improve NinjaOne’s SaaS backup and recovery platform, delivering features across backup, archive, restore, and download services. The role focuses on scalable backend development and high-availability software systems, with collaboration across engineering teams in the USA and Asia. The position may be remote from specified U.S. states or hybrid from offices in Austin or Tampa.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Big DataAmazon Web ServicesStream ProcessingRESTSpringC#IT OpsETLKotlinRedisData StructuresDatabase CachingQuality AssuranceRubyDatabasesServiceApache KafkaApplication SoftwareSQL TuningOOPProduct EngineeringInterviewsClient ServerGlobal TeamsPostgresSoftware as a ServiceJavaLinuxJava Software DevelopmentScalable SystemsOOP Design PrinciplesObject-Oriented DesignREST Service DevelopmentJerseyRelational Database DesignCaching SystemsKafkaData StreamingQuality TestingWindowsInterpersonal SkillsOral CommunicationWritten CommunicationPresentation SkillsAdaptabilityGlobal Team Collaboration

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or Equivalent10+ Years Java Experience4+ Years Scalable Systems Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

About the Role As a Senior Software Engineer on the NinjaOne team, you will contribute to our IT Operations product suite, designing and implementing scalable new solutions and product improvements. Providing clean and optimized coding solutions, you’ll work to develop high quality software applications that exceed our customers’ expectations – seriously our customers love our products. We're currently hiring Senior Software Engineers with a strong background in scalable backend development to join our global product engineering team.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on our data backup and recovery platform, a core part of our SaaS backup offering. In this role, you'll focus on delivering robust features across backup, archive, restore, and download services used by our partners worldwide.

You'll be collaborating closely with our highly skilled Software Engineers, Data Engineer and Technical Leads, who are located in the USA and Asia, contributing to new feature development, product enhancements, and ongoing support for our production systems.

We are engineers, technology leaders and experts. We create and deliver mission critical services to enable NinjaOne’s customers to administer, protect and maintain millions of endpoints and servers. You will have the opportunity to design and develop high-availability mission critical software systems that support our worldwide operations. Location - We are flexible on remote working from home, if you are located in the USA and reside in one of the following states - CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, *IL, KS, MA, ME, NC, NJ, NY, OR, OH, TN, TX, VA, and WA. We have physical offices in Austin, TX and Tampa, FL, if you prefer a hybrid option. *Onsite interviews may be required for this role. We hire the best software engineers with experience in our stack: NinjaOne SaaS backup is built on Java, Kotlin, Ruby, C# and Postgres, supporting millions of users and running as a scalable cloud service in AWS. Knowing large-scale datastore bottlenecks, asynchronous application design and client-server architecture will help you standout. What You’ll be Doing Java and Kotlin Software Development– use your expertise to contribute to the development of large-scale software applications. Make quality an invariant part of your work and help your fellow engineers continue to meet our quality-first standards. Collaborating with the engineering team in USA and Asia (Singapore and Indonesia) – work with scrum teams that are located in multiple geographies to drive the product roadmap. Owning design and architecture by working closely with the NinjaOne technology leadership team in the USA and mentor the global team to adhere and implement scalable solutions. Committing Code and Shipping Products – you will be one of our most trusted engineers committing code. Responsible for implementing design patterns and working on enterprise level software challenges, in a startup environment. Impact product more hands on than at other companies, building software of scale that runs on millions and millions of endpoints. About You

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent work experience.
  • 10+ years experience in Java software development for product applications or equivalent. Solid expertise in Kotlin will make you a standout candidate.
  • Experience in C# and Ruby will be plus
  • 4 + years experience working with highly scalable software systems.
  • Experience working on systems at scale and finding solutions to scale systems.
  • Working knowledge of a breadth of OOP design principles.
  • Expertise in scaling data structures and object-oriented design.
  • Knowledge of API best practices and REST service development using frameworks like Jersey or Spring.
  • Relational Database design and development experience. Experience with Big Data, SQL Tuning and ETL will be a huge plus
  • Caching systems expertise and experience with Redis will make you a stand-out.
  • Experience with Kafka and data streaming will be a huge plus
  • Expert knowledge of quality testing practices.
  • Knowledge of Operating systems like Linux and Windows
  • Good interpersonal skills, oral and written skills, with the ability to present ideas
  • Values that are aligned with us being a team of experts, problem solvers and collaborators, who are highly customer focused, dependable and trustworthy
  • Working experience with Global teams located in different time zones will be a huge plus
  • High Adaptability with rapid changes

About Us NinjaOne automates the hardest parts of IT to deliver visibility, security, and control over all endpoints for more than 40,000 customers. The NinjaOne automated endpoint management platform is proven to increase productivity, reduce security risk, and lower costs for IT teams and managed service providers. NinjaOne is obsessed with customer success and provides free and unlimited onboarding, training, and support. NinjaOne is #1 on G2 in endpoint management, patch management, remote monitoring and management, and mobile device management. What You’ll Love

  • We are a collaborative, kind, and curious community.
  • We honor your flexibility needs with full-time work that is hybrid remote.
  • We have you covered with our comprehensive benefits package, which includes medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • We help you prepare for your financial future with our 401(k) plan.
  • We prioritize your work-life balance with our unlimited PTO.
  • We reward your work with opportunity for growth and advancement.

Additional Information This position is NOT eligible for Visa sponsorship. *Due to operational policies, NinjaOne is unable to hire for this role within the city limits of Chicago. We will consider all qualified candidates who reside outside of the city proper or are willing to self-relocate. Starting pay for the successful applicant depends on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to location, market demands, experience, job-related knowledge, and skills. The benefits available for this position include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, life insurance coverage and PTO. For roles based in California, Colorado, New Jersey or Washington the base salary hiring range for this position is $140,000 to $200,000 per year. For roles based in New York, the base salary hiring range for this position is $140,000 to $200,000 per year. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. We are committed to providing an inclusive and diverse work environment.

How this job compares

Set against the 7,944 open Software Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$140–200K/yr
  • US median$147–245K/yr5,954 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $170K, is 15% below the US median midpoint ($200K) — in the middle half of Software Engineering salary ranges across the US.

Openings
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Experience
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Education
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