Backend Engineer

Want to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Gong's ecosystem? As a Backend Engineer at Gong, you will design and build the infrastructure & interfaces that enable Gong to serve as the central hub for revenue teams. Your work will facilitate seamless integrations with third-party products, expanding Gong's capabilities beyond our internally developed solutions. This is a unique opportunity to work on impactful projects, leading large-scale integrations with a collaborative and skilled team. If you excel at building scalable, secure APIs and enjoy collaborating across teams, we'd love to hear from you

Note: This position is a hybrid-based role (Dublin office 3 days a week and remote 2 days).

• Design and implement scalable, high-performance backend services and APIs using Java, Spring Boot, and cloud technologies.
• Develop and maintain integration infrastructure, enabling third-party applications to seamlessly connect with Gong and extend its functionality.
• Build generic, modular API interfaces that support a wide range of future use cases, ensuring flexibility and reusability.
• Enhance system security, ensuring that Gong's external-facing capabilities are both powerful and secure.
• Collaborate with internal teams (Product, GTM, and other R&D groups) and external partners to develop solutions that align with business and customer needs.
• Take full ownership of features from design to production, ensuring reliability, maintainability, and performance.
• Contribute to the strategic vision for Gong's integration ecosystem, thinking beyond short-term tactical solutions.

• 5+ years of backend software development experience, with a strong foundation in Java and modern cloud-based architectures.
• Experience in both application and infrastructure development, with a deep understanding of scalable SaaS solutions.
• Strong proficiency in Java (Spring, etc.) and designing robust, maintainable APIs.
• Experience developing durable systems and using relevant technologies and techniques (Kafka, SQS, etc.).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and building scalable microservices architectures.
• A solid understanding of secure API design and best practices for external integrations.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills - you\'ll work closely with partners, product teams, and developers across multiple organizations.
• Ability to take ownership and drive projects forward independently.

Here at Gong, we trust and empower our employees with ownership to solve complex problems, make the right decisions, and build the best products that create radical impact. We call this "Own. Solve. Impact." For our engineers, it means it\'s not just about writing code. You are involved and able to influence the entire process to create the best product.

• Private health insurance plans for you and your family.
• Wellbeing Fund - flexible wellness stipend to support a healthy lifestyle.
• Mental Health benefits with covered therapy and coaching.
• Education & learning stipend for personal growth and development.
• Flexible vacation time to promote a healthy work-life blend.
• Paid parental leave to support you and your family.
• Company-wide recharge days each quarter.

Gong empowers everyone in revenue teams to improve productivity, increase predictability, and drive revenue growth by deeply understanding customers and business trends; driving impactful decisions and actions. The Gong Revenue AI Platform captures and contextualizes customer interactions, surfaces insights and predictions, and powers actions and workflows that are essential for business success. More than 4,500 companies around the world rely on Gong to unlock their revenue potential. For more information, visit www.gong.io.

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Equal opportunity: Gong believes in offering competitive compensation and benefits tailored to the local region. Gong is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, age, or any other basis protected by law. To review Gong\'s privacy policy, visit https://www.gong.io/gong-io-job-candidates-privacy-notice/ for more details.