Staff Software Engineer – Data Query

Sumo Logic

Staff backend engineer building a scalable analytics platform enabling high-quality, real-time analyses of events and incidents. Managing the engine for querying exabytes of logs data and millions of metrics data daily.

Posted 4/28/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $191,000 - $224,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaMicroservicesRubyScala

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and implement extremely high-volume, fault-tolerant, scalable backend systems that process and manage petabytes of customer data
Optimize code to reduce latency and resource footprint in a microservices environment
Write robust code: demonstrate its robustness through automated tests
Implement telemetry and logging to help the PM team track granular cost-per-service metrics
Participate in on-call rotations and help troubleshoot performance bottlenecks in production
Work as a member of a team, helping the team respond quickly and effectively to business needs

Requirements

What you’ll need

B.Tech, M.Tech, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related discipline
8+ years of industry experience with a proven track record of ownership
Object-oriented experience, for example, in Java, Scala, Ruby, or C++
Understand the performance characteristics of commonly used data structures (maps, lists, trees, etc)
Experience in building backend services for handling data at a large scale
Experience leading projects and mentoring engineers
Comfortable working with a remote team operating in multiple time zones

Benefits

Comp & perks

eligible to participate in our bonus or commission plans
benefits offerings and equity awards

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaScalaRubyC++microservicesautomated testingtelemetryloggingdata structuresbackend services

Soft Skills

team collaborationtroubleshootingmentoringownershipcommunication

Certifications

B.TechM.TechPh.D.