Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Agiloft is a global leader in data-first contract lifecycle management software, helping organizations manage their contract processes. The Senior Software Engineer will design, build, and evolve backend components of Agiloft’s CLM Core platform, contributing to architectural decisions and delivering scalable solutions to support product growth.

Responsibilities:

• Own the design, implementation, and evolution of one or more backend components or services within the CLM Core platform
• Contribute to system architecture by proposing, reviewing, and refining designs that improve scalability, extensibility, reliability, and maintainability
• Proactively identify and address technical debt within owned areas, balancing refactoring with feature delivery
• Implement clear APIs, contracts, and extension points that support safe and independent evolution of platform components
• Deliver high-quality, well-tested, and well-documented code that meets performance, security, and operational standards
• Collaborate closely with product managers, QA, and other engineers to clarify requirements, estimate work, and deliver solutions effectively
• Participate in technical design discussions and code reviews, providing constructive feedback and raising the overall quality bar
• Support and uphold the no-code principles within platform extensions under your ownership
• Leverage AI-assisted design- and development tools to improve development speed, code quality, and maintainability
• Contribute to team-level best practices for effective and responsible use of AI tools across design, implementation, testing, and refactoring
• Help evaluate new tooling, frameworks, or techniques—including AI-driven capabilities—that can improve developer productivity and system quality
• Uphold strong standards for code quality, testing, observability, security, and operational readiness
• Contribute to improvements in developer experience, including internal tooling, CI/CD pipelines, documentation, and architectural guidance
• Ensure technical decisions are clearly documented and accessible to other engineers
• Mentor mid-level and junior engineers through code reviews, pairing, and technical guidance
• Act as a reliable technical partner, helping unblock teammates and improve overall team execution
• Communicate technical concepts and trade-offs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Stay current with backend engineering trends, cloud-native architectures, and AI-enabled development, applying them pragmatically where they add value
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Bachelor's and/or master's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical, or Electronics Engineering, or a comparable field of study
• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong focus on backend development
• Strong proficiency in Java and SQL, with experience building and maintaining large-scale backend systems
• Experience contributing to the design and evolution of complex, long-lived software platforms
• Proven ability to deliver refactoring and modernization efforts while maintaining feature velocity
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and demonstrated ability to use them effectively in daily engineering work
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to reason about trade-offs in system design
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills