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The ideal candidate thrives in an innovative, fast-paced environment and is collaborative, accountable, ready, and empathetic. We’re looking for individuals who believe they can accomplish more as a team and create lasting growth for themselves and others. We hire based on attitude, competency, and commitment. Solarians are ready to advance our world-class solutions in a fast-paced environment and accept the challenge to lead with purpose. If you’re looking to build your career with an exceptional team, you’ve come to the right place. Join SolarWinds and grow with us!
Role Overview
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Platform Engineering team at SolarWinds. This role requires strong technical depth, ownership of medium-complexity software solutions, and the ability to collaborate across functions to deliver reliable, scalable, and secure software. The team is responsible for building and evolving foundational platform capabilities that enable product teams to deliver high-quality experiences across SolarWinds.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, test, and maintain software components and services for platform capabilities.
- Own medium-complexity features and enhancements from technical design through delivery and support.
- Drive code quality through thoughtful design, code reviews, testing, and adherence to engineering best practices.
- Troubleshoot product and production issues, identify root causes, and implement durable fixes.
- Collaborate with product managers, architects, and engineers to deliver scalable customer-focused solutions.
- Contribute to technical discussions, implementation planning, and continuous improvement efforts across the team.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of software engineering experience building and supporting production software applications or services.
- Strong proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Java, C#, Go, Python, or similar.
- Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, and software design principles.
- Experience designing, developing, testing, and debugging medium-complexity systems in a collaborative environment.
- Familiarity with APIs, databases, distributed systems concepts, and modern software development practices.
- Ability to independently break down work, estimate tasks, and deliver high-quality code with minimal supervision.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to partner effectively with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
SolarWinds is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. SolarWinds will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Skills Required
- 5+ years of software engineering experience building and supporting production software applications or services
- Strong proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Java, C#, Go, or Python
- Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, and software design principles
- Experience designing, developing, testing, and debugging medium-complexity systems in a collaborative environment
- Familiarity with APIs, databases, and distributed systems concepts
- Ability to independently break down work, estimate tasks, and deliver high-quality code with minimal supervision
- Strong communication skills and ability to partner effectively with cross-functional stakeholders
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
SolarWinds Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about SolarWinds and has not been reviewed or approved by SolarWinds.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, with some locations covering healthcare, dental, and vision at 100% and generally well-regarded plan quality. Feedback suggests wellness resources, counseling, and fitness reimbursements further strengthen the offering.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, holidays, and a sabbatical after five years are part of the package. Feedback suggests global parental leave minimums add meaningful family support to the overall time-off mix.
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Pay Growth & Progression — Compensation is considered solid by many, with consistent raises noted alongside base pay. Feedback suggests bonuses and structured increases contribute to a sense of ongoing pay growth.
SolarWinds Insights
What We Do
SolarWinds is a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software. Our products give organizations worldwide—regardless of type, size, or complexity—the power to monitor and manage their IT services, infrastructures, and applications; whether on-premises, in the cloud, or via hybrid models. We continuously engage with technology professionals—IT service and operations professionals, DevOps professionals, and managed services providers (MSPs)—to understand the challenges they face in maintaining high-performing and highly available IT infrastructures and applications. The insights we gain from them, in places like our THWACK® community, allow us to solve well-understood IT management challenges in the ways technology professionals want them solved. Our focus on the user and commitment to excellence in end-to-end hybrid IT management has established SolarWinds as a worldwide leader in solutions for network and IT service management, application performance, and managed services.
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