Lead Software Engineer

Genesys empowers organizations of all sizes to improve loyalty and business outcomes by creating the best experiences for their customers and employees. Through Genesys Cloud, the AI-powered Experience Orchestration platform, organizations can accelerate growth by delivering empathetic, personalized experiences at scale to drive customer loyalty, workforce engagement, efficiency and operational improvements.

We employ more than 6,000 people across the globe who embrace empathy and cultivate collaboration to succeed. And, while we offer great benefits and perks like larger tech companies, our employees have the independence to make a larger impact on the company and take ownership of their work. Join the team and create the future of customer experience together.

Requisition JR108567

Genesys Cloud Services, Inc. seeks Lead Software Engineer in Menlo Park, CA. ** Telecommuting allowed for this position.**

Job Description:  Participate in code reviews across multiple services in an effort to provide constructive feedback to help team members. Collaborate and consult with key technical experts, senior technology team, and other service teams for resolving complex technical issues and achieving goals. Lead remote team members in designing, developing, and testing features and functionality that include high scalability, availability, and reliability. Maintain unit and integration tests across multiple microservices. Take ownership of service maintenance, configuration and development consistent with a DevOps SDLC. Apply detailed estimations based on a deep understanding of the team’s skillset. Champion developing standards and companywide best practices. Leverage team velocity and experience forecasting team delivery. Monitor industry standards for improving existing services, either with code changes and/or architecture changes. Lead daily standups with team members for communication, sharing of ideas and for supporting fellow team members in resolving any blocking issues. Telecommuting allowed for this position.

Minimum Qualifications: The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field plus six (6) years of experience in a computer-related occupation.

 The position requires at least six (6) years of experience in Java and the Java technology ecosystem. The position also requires at least two (2) years of experience in all of the following: Backend application development using Python, Java, REST API and NoSQL solutions; Python and Java; AWS cloud platform; Scalability and availability in distributed systems; configuration and orchestration using Ansible; Cloud based server less frameworks including Terraform, AWS Cloud Formation; and Continuous integrations tools including Jenkins. Telecommuting allowed for this position.

Salary range:  $213,512.00 - $223,512.00

Compensation:

This role has a market-competitive salary with an anticipated base compensation range listed below. Actual salaries will vary depending on a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, and location. This role might also be eligible for a commission or performance-based bonus opportunities.  

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance. 

• Telehealth coverage

• Flexible work schedules and work from home opportunities

• Development and career growth opportunities

• Open Time Off in addition to 10 paid holidays

• 401(k) matching program

• Adoption Assistance

• Fertility treatments

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About Genesys:

Genesys® empowers more than 8,000 organizations worldwide to create the best customer and employee experiences. With agentic AI at its core, Genesys Cloud™ is the AI-Powered Experience Orchestration platform that connects people, systems, data and AI across the enterprise. As a result, organizations can drive customer loyalty, growth and retention while increasing operational efficiency and teamwork across human and AI workforces. To learn more, visit www.genesys.com.

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