The Role
Lead architecture and hands-on development of scalable backend and distributed systems. Embed AI-first practices, build production-grade Java/Spring services, ensure reliability, observability, security, and CI/CD, and participate in on-call rotations while collaborating with product and engineering stakeholders.
Summary Generated by Built In
Our Way of Work—Making Software That Help Saves Lives: At our core, we believe in doing work that matters, making software that not only solves problems but also saves lives. Our journey is marked by exceptional teamwork, deep connections, and a high-performance culture that celebrates achievements and learns from setbacks.
Elevate Your Career, Lead with Impact: Your journey as a Staff Engineer will be filled with opportunities to showcase your skills, lead with confidence, and make a lasting impact.
Everbridge is a pioneer in Critical Event Management domain and its products automates the process to manage critical events that impacts people, businesses and Governments and thereby save people’s lives and their assets.
We are seeking an experienced Staff Software Engineer to serve as a senior technical contributor within the team, providing architectural direction and long-term technical vision across backend systems. This role emphasizes deep technical expertise and strategic influence rather than people management. You will guide complex technical initiatives, elevate engineering maturity, and ensure alignment of system architecture with business objectives bringing an AI-first mindset to modern system design and innovation.
What You’ll Do
- Design, build, and ship scalable backend systems and complex features through active, hands-on coding.
- Shape system architecture and engineering standards through design reviews, code reviews, and technical contributions.
- Champion an AI-first culture by embedding AI-assisted tools and AI agents into engineering workflows and product capabilities to accelerate innovation, improve quality, and increase productivity.
- Lead resolution of complex design and production challenges, ensuring high reliability, performance, observability, and security.
- Collaborate with product and engineering stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable, secure technical solutions.
- Strengthen and uphold a resilient, high-quality, and secure Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
- Participate in on-call rotations, driving swift resolution of critical production issues with minimal customer impact.
What You’ll bring
- 10+ years of experience designing and operating large-scale backend or distributed systems, with end-to-end ownership from design through production.
- Deep expertise in Java and the Spring ecosystem (Spring, Spring Boot) with a consistent record of building production-grade services.
- Strong hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf) and a demonstrated commitment to advancing AI-driven engineering practices.
- Ability to architect and operationalize AI-enabled solutions, including building AI agents using GenAI, LLMs, and Model Context Protocol (MCP), while ensuring scalable, secure, and production-ready implementations.
- Strong experience designing well-structured RESTful APIs and service contracts.
- Experience with MongoDB, Elasticsearch, and related data technologies.
- Strong cloud-native experience on AWS, including Docker and Kubernetes.
- Proven ability to implement CI/CD, automation, and DevOps best practices (Maven, NPM, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub).
- Solid understanding of observability, distributed systems reliability, and performance optimization.
- Experience contributing to architectural reviews and Agile delivery processes.
- Strong foundation in secure-by-design development practices, including compliance considerations (e.g., FedRAMP).
- Familiarity with JavaScript, React, and modern web frameworks is a plus
Nice to have
Why Choose Us? Dive into a World Where Innovation Meets Impact!
- Ignite Your Passion with Thriving Innovation: Step into an environment where energy and forward-thinking are the norms, not the exception. We're not just about keeping up; we're about leading the charge. Immerse yourself in a culture that breathes creativity, values continuous learning, and thrives on staying several steps ahead in the technology race.
- Shape the Future with Significant Impact: Here, your work doesn't just add value—it sets the direction. Be at the heart of driving our technological evolution, where every contribution you make leaves a lasting imprint on our projects and echoes in the satisfaction of our users. It's not just about being part of the journey; it's about leading the way.
- Experience the Power of Unified Collaboration: Join forces with a band of skilled visionaries—product managers, designers, and developers who share a boundless passion for excellence and a relentless drive to deliver nothing but the best. Our unity is our strength, fostering a collaborative spirit that turns innovative ideas into reality.
- Be a Pioneer of Innovation: With us, agility is more than a buzzword; it's our essence. We embrace change, turning challenges into opportunities with our dynamic approach. Our commitment to your growth is unwavering, offering flexible schedules, personalized training, and a purpose-driven career path that encourages every team member to flourish.
- A Culture That Cares: Beyond just creating innovative solutions, we cultivate a positive atmosphere where mistakes are stepping stones to mastery, not missteps to be feared. We offer comprehensive benefits, including health and term insurance, alongside rewards and recognitions that celebrate your hard work and dedication.
- Live by Our "CLIP" Values: Customer First, Learning, Integrity, People—these values guide us, shining as our North Star, inspiring us to grow, innovate, and lead with conviction, and are driven by passions and relish in crafting high-quality software.
- Join Our Journey: Embark on a path where no two days are the same, if coding is your refuge and excellence your standard, your search ends here.
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About Everbridge
Everbridge empowers enterprises and government organizations to anticipate, mitigate, respond to, and recover stronger from critical events. In today’s unpredictable world, resilient organizations minimize impact to people and operations, absorb stress, and return to productivity faster when deploying critical event management (CEM) technology. Everbridge digitizes organizational resilience by combining intelligent automation with the industry’s most comprehensive risk data to Keep People Safe and Organizations Running™. For more information, visit www.everbridge.com, read the company blog, and follow on Twitter. Everbridge… Empowering Resilience
Everbridge is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, or sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Top Skills
Java,Spring,Spring Boot,Github Copilot,Cursor,Windsurf,Genai,Llms,Model Context Protocol (Mcp),Restful Apis,Mongodb,Elasticsearch,Aws,Docker,Kubernetes,Maven,Npm,Jenkins,Gitlab Ci/Cd,Github,Javascript,React
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The Company
What We Do
Keeping People Safe and Businesses Running. Faster.
Everbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG) is a global software company that provides enterprise software applications that automate and accelerate organizations’ operational response to critical events in order to Keep People Safe and Businesses Running™. During public safety threats such as active shooter situations, terrorist attacks or severe weather conditions, as well as critical business events including IT outages, cyber-attacks or other incidents such as product recalls or supply-chain interruptions, over 5,300 global customers rely on the company’s Critical Event Management Platform to quickly and reliably aggregate and assess threat data, locate people at risk and responders able to assist, automate the execution of pre-defined communications processes through the secure delivery to over 100 different communication devices, and track progress on executing response plans.
