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Salary: EUR 85,000 - 140,000 / annual
Veeva Systems is a mission-driven public benefit corporation pioneering industry cloud solutions for life sciences. As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer on the Vault Platform team, you will ensure the scalability and reliability of enterprise applications serving hundreds of global customers across North America, Europe, and Asia.
You will be responsible for building cloud infrastructure from scratch while adhering to software development best practices, driving platform reliability and scalability for 2M+ users, and leading incident triage and mitigation efforts with periodic on-call responsibilities. You'll develop tools and automation to eliminate manual work, provide full-stack diagnostics to determine root causes of production problems, and strategize with engineering teams on complex scaling challenges. You'll participate in design reviews, influence architectural decisions before features ship, and mentor team members to foster a high-performing environment.
This role requires deep expertise in Java and modern open-source technologies, with a strong engineering perspective on how systems integrate in production at global scale. You'll work across multiple layers of the technology stack with primary focus on backend development, collaborating effectively with Product, Design, and QA teams while communicating clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of Java development experience, preferably in enterprise cloud software companies
- 3+ years of hands-on experience with relational databases and expert-level SQL skills
- Hands-on operational experience in high-volume or critical production service environments, including incident management and root cause analysis
- Proven ability to write clean, testable, readable, and maintainable code in collaborative settings
- Hands-on experience with open-source technologies: Spring, MySQL, Hibernate, Solr, Maven, Git, Tomcat, Linux, AWS, Vagrant, Docker, Kubernetes
- Solid scripting proficiency with Shell, Bash, Ansible, Python, Go, Ruby, or similar languages
- Demonstrated history of incident management and leadership with effective communication across all organizational levels
- Proven track record of mentoring team members and making your team better
