Software Engineer – Query Language

New Relic

Software Engineer contributing to New Relic's query language stack, managing scalable Java services and participating in cross-functional collaboration. Investigating performance issues and maintaining Petabyte-scale infrastructure.

Posted 6/11/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $126,000 - $158,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudJava

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the New Relic query language stack including grammar parsing, compilation, and processing.
Proactively participate in cross-functional committees to move the query language forward, ranging from collaborations with AI, Visualizations, and Data Processing teams.
Build and maintain scalable distributed Java services and Petabyte-scale Infrastructure.
Investigate and resolve critical performance, availability, and resiliency issues and risks in a multi-region, multi-cloud, multi-tenant distributed database.
Working in an agile environment with a DevOps approach — the team builds and maintains their own software, including taking turns with being on-call.

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years of experience in collaborative software development
Firm grasp of Computer Science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and modern software design and development methodologies.
Self-starter with a strong sense of ownership over your code and commitments.
Ability to go deep on the command-line and fix things when they’re broken.
Experience working in Java, or equivalent experience in an alternate OOP language (C++, C#, etc).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Healthcare
Dental
Vision
Parental leave and planning
Mental health benefits
401(k) plan and match
Flex time-off
11 paid holidays
Volunteer time-off
Other competitive benefits designed to improve the lives of our employees

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaNew Relic query languagedata structuresalgorithmssoftware designdistributed systemsmulti-cloudmulti-tenant databasesDevOpsagile methodologies

Soft Skills

collaborative software developmentself-starterownershipproblem-solvingcommunication