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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # NinjaOne Unified IT Operations Platform - **Company:** NinjaOne, LLC - **Location:** New York, NY, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $200,000.0 - $300,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, C++ (Programming Language), Client Server Models, Computer Engineering, Data Stores, Relational Databases, PostgreSQL, Operational Data Store, Object-Oriented Software Development, Software Architecture, Redis, Cloud Services, Software Engineering, Software Systems, Spring-boot, Technical Debt, Kotlin, Information Technology, Api Design, Restful APIs, Golang - **Published:** August 24, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/c643660c-2013-4285-9f08-c7342a133706 ## About the Role * 12+ years of experience in Java software development, particularly for product applications. * 5+ years of experience designing and operating highly scalable systems. * Proven experience solving complex system design challenges at scale. * Expertise in API design and RESTful services, with experience using frameworks like Spring (Spring Boot) or Jersey. * Strong command of object-oriented programming (OOP) design principles and practices. * Proficient in relational database design and development. * 2+ years of experience with Kotlin is a plus. * Experience with caching systems, particularly Redis, is a plus. * In-depth knowledge of quality testing practices and a track record of delivering high-quality software. * Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent work experience. ## Description As a Staff Software Engineer at NinjaOne, you are a highly experienced and influential engineer who plays a pivotal role in shaping the technical direction of the company. Operating with greater autonomy than a Senior Engineer, you are a key decision-maker trusted to tackle complex, high-impact projects that span multiple teams - ensuring technical excellence and driving best practices across your domain. You'll take ownership of large-scale technical initiatives, ensuring that software architecture is scalable, maintainable, and aligned with business goals. You'll proactively address challenges, mentor engineers, and play a significant role in setting technical standards and best practices across the organization. As part of a team of engineers and technology experts, you'll deliver mission-critical services that help our customers manage, protect, and maintain millions of endpoints and servers - designing and developing high-availability software systems that support our global operations., We hire the best software engineers, but experience in our stack can't hurt: NinjaOne is built on Java, Kotlin, C++, Golang and Postgres; supporting millions of user endpoints and running as a scalable cloud service in AWS. Knowing large-scale datastore bottlenecks, asynchronous application design and client-server architecture will help you. What You'll be Doing * Technical Leadership & Architecture: Influence critical architectural decisions and oversee the implementation of complex technical solutions. Bring deep expertise in system design to ensure the long-term sustainability and scalability of our software systems, balancing technical debt, performance concerns, and business needs. * Autonomous Decision-Making: Operate with a high degree of independence, trusted to make high-impact technical choices with minimal oversight. You are a go-to voice for evaluating trade-offs and setting direction across your domain. * Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product, infrastructure, and engineering teams to drive alignment on technical decisions and ensure solutions are both practical and forward-looking. * Mentorship & Standards: Mentor and elevate engineers across the organization, providing guidance on best practices and helping establish technical standards that raise the bar for the entire engineering team. * Ownership of Large-Scale Initiatives: Take full ownership of complex, multi-team technical initiatives - proactively identifying challenges, driving resolutions, and incorporating insights from customer support and operational data. * Quality Advocacy: Champion and implement quality assurance practices, ensuring the delivery of robust, high-performance software that meets the high expectations of our customers. * Other duties as needed, *Due to operational policies, NinjaOne is unable to hire for this role within the city limits of Chicago. 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