Lead Software Engineer

Lead Software Engineer Lead Software Engineer Lead Software Engineer Req ID FY R&D #4 Location(s) Munich, Germany; Work arrangement(s) Fully Remote (works exclusively from home) Your opportunity New Relic is looking for engineers who are interested in building a brand-new observability experience.

This high-impact engineering position is a phenomenal opportunity to own and build a set of next generation services and capabilities for the company.

We are searching for a motivated engineer who is ready for a career-defining role in their next opportunity. We look forward to talking with you!

What you'll do The team is focused on redefining the next generation of capabilities for all New Relic. You will be responsible for products that help customers answer their most substantial questions by allowing them to store, visualize, explore, and understand their operational, application, business, and customer data.

The Staff Engineering team works on different business-impacting projects with a sense of urgency and importance.

This role requires

• Experience with technical leadership helping engineering teams thrive
• Experience with high throughput, distributed systems
• Experience with a language such as Java, C#, Ruby, Python, or other
• Experience working with one of the major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Extensive experience in a SaaS environment, building and operating large scale distributed systems.
• Ability to collaborate and impact decisions at the interpersonal level
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Observability domain knowledge
• Experience operating containerized services (Kubernetes, Mesos / Marathon)
• Solid understanding of databases (RDS, MySQL, PostgreSQL)
• Experience with configuration management tooling (Ansible, Terraform, or Puppet)
• BS / MS / PhD in CS (or equivalent).

Fostering a diverse, welcoming and inclusive environment is important to us. We work hard to make everyone feel comfortable bringing their best, most authentic selves to work every day.

We celebrate our talented Relics’ different backgrounds and abilities, and recognize the different paths they took to reach us including nontraditional ones.

Their experiences and perspectives inspire us to make our products and company the best they can be. We’re looking for people who feel connected to our mission and values, not just candidates who check off all the boxes.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application or recruiting process, please visit We believe in empowering all Relics to achieve professional and business success through a flexible workforce model.

This model allows us to work in a variety of workplaces that best support our success, including fully office-based, fully remote, or hybrid.

New Relic currently has offices in Germany, Ireland, Spain, and the United Kingdom, and based on business needs may approve work in Belgium, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Switzerland, UAE, and other locations throughout the region.

Some of our opportunities are limited to specific hiring locations. Talk with your recruiter about your goals.

Our hiring process

Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

In compliance with applicable law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work and to complete employment eligibility verification.

Note : Our stewardship of the data of thousands of customers’ means that a criminal background check is required to join New Relic.

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New Relic is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, free from all types of discrimination, so our Relics can thrive.

We hire people with different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.

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