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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Remote only
We are a global team of innovators and pioneers dedicated to shaping the future of observability. At New Relic, we build an intelligent platform that empowers companies to thrive in an AI-first world by giving them unparalleled insight into their complex systems. As we continue to expand our global footprint, we're looking for passionate people to join our mission. If you're ready to help the world's best companies optimize their digital applications, we invite you to explore a career with us!
The Opportunity
We are looking for a Full Stack Software Engineer to join our product engineering organization. In this role, you will help design, build, and scale features across our unified platform—from highly responsive React user interfaces down to core data processing backends built on Java and Python.This role is exceptional for an engineer looking to combine traditional full-stack development with cutting-edge AI-native engineering, specifically working with custom instrumentation agents and the emerging Model Context Protocol (MCP) ecosystem.
What You'll Do
● End-to-End Ownership: Feature delivery from UI wireframes to backend
implementation, database migrations, and production deployments.
● UI/UX Development: Build, maintain, and optimize elegant, data-dense web
experiences and custom charts/dashboards using React, JavaScript, and HTML.
● Scalable Backend Services: Write high-quality, production-ready backend logic utilizing
Java (Spring Boot) and Python for processing heavy telemetry workloads.
● Database Management: Model data for high-throughput, low-latency systems across
structured SQL and unstructured NoSQL databases.
● DevOps & Observability Culture: Actively leverage New Relic’s own platform to
monitor app health, troubleshoot production latency, and improve system reliability.
This Role Requires
● Experience: 3 + years of professional software engineering experience in a
collaborative, agile team environment.
● Front End Craftsmanship: Strong proficiency in React, vanilla JavaScript, and
HTML. Solid understanding of state management and modern CSS.
● Backend Skills: Deep hands-on experience in Java (JVM tuning and microservices
framework experience preferred) combined with professional exposure to Python for
scripts, data pipelines, or web services.
● Database Proficiency: Solid understanding of data modeling, schema design, and
query optimization (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or Redis).
● Software Hygiene: Strong mastery of Git workflows, unit/integration testing (e.g., JUnit,
Jest, PyTest), and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
Bonus Points (Added Advantages)
● Telemetry & Agent Development: Experience writing or customizing monitoring
agents, eBPF probes, or open-source collection daemons (like OpenTelemetry).
● AI Tools & MCP Servers: Experience developing or connecting to Model Context
Protocol (MCP) servers, creating developer tools, or designing custom AI agent
integrations to enhance engineering productivity.
● Distributed Systems: Familiarity with high-throughput messaging structures like
Apache Kafka or AWS Kinesis.
Fostering a diverse, welcoming and inclusive environment is important to us. We work hard to make everyone feel comfortable bringing their best, most authentic selves to work every day. We celebrate our talented Relics’ different backgrounds and abilities, and recognize the different paths they took to reach us – including nontraditional ones. Their experiences and perspectives inspire us to make our products and company the best they can be. We’re looking for people who feel connected to our mission and values, not just candidates who check off all the boxes.
If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application or recruiting process, please reach out to resume@newrelic.com.
We believe in empowering all Relics to achieve professional and business success through a flexible workforce model. This model allows us to work in a variety of workplaces that best support our success, including fully office-based, fully remote, or hybrid.
Our hiring process
In compliance with applicable law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work and to complete employment eligibility verification. Note: Our stewardship of the data of thousands of customers means that a criminal background check is required to join New Relic.
We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records based on individual circumstances and in accordance with applicable law including, but not limited to, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this website or directly to managers. New Relic does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes, and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with New Relic.
New Relic develops and distributes encryption software and technology that complies with U.S. export controls and licensing requirements. Certain New Relic roles require candidates to pass an export compliance assessment as a condition of employment in any global location. If relevant, we will provide more information later in the application process.
Candidates are evaluated based on qualifications, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, age, disability, neurodiversity, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other legally protected characteristics.
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