Lead Backend Software Developer (Python & Java) - Innovation Team

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Data Innovation Team – Lead Backend Developer (with Java and Python)

BMC powers the mission critical infrastructure & applications of the Global 2000 with hybrid cloud, AI and data solutions to drive hyper automation & innovation.

We are an award-winning, equal opportunity, culturally diverse, fun place to be. Giving back to the community drives us to be better every single day. Our work environment allows you to balance your priorities, because we know you will bring your best every day. We will champion your wins and shout them from the rooftops. Your peers will inspire, drive, support you, and make you laugh out loud!

We help our customers free up time and space to become an Autonomous Digital Enterprise that conquers the opportunities ahead - and are relentless in the pursuit of innovation!

Position Description:

The Data Innovation team is seeking a Senior / Lead Innovator—a highly skilled backend developer with a passion for creativity and innovation. In this role, you will play a key part in our high-performing development team, driving the design and implementation of our next-generation Data Observability platform. This position offers the opportunity to blend strong technical expertise with innovative problem-solving, helping shape the future of data reliability and insights within our organization.

Primary Roles and Responsibilities:

• Design and implementation of new features for our Data Observability platform, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Perform ongoing maintenance, bug fixes, and optimizations to ensure reliability.
• Investigate and evaluate existing market solutions and third-party tools to identify opportunities for integration and enhancement of platform capabilities.
• Work with a globally distributed team, collaborate with product owners and architects to understand requirements, present options, and design solutions.
• Working on an Agile team, contribute to Agile ceremonies, including participating in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Analyze project progress and technical issues, providing clear, concise, and timely updates—both written and verbal—on status, risks, and solution options to teammates and stakeholders.

Qualifications & Skillset:

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 10+ years of hands-on experience as a backend / full-stack Java software developer with Python as a primary languages / or Python Developer with Java
• 6+ years in Python language coding experience
• Excellent grasp of OOP principles, design patterns, and clean coding practices.
• Experience with modern storage solutions, including both relational (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL), NoSQL databases (e.g. Elasticsearch, MongoDB, DynamoDB) and cloud platforms (e.g. Snowflake, Big Query)
• Exposure to distributed systems, messaging platforms (like Kafka or similar), and microservices architectures.
• Experience with container technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Helm Charts, etc.
• Preferably, experience working with data-centric applications, e.g., data pipelines, data quality, or monitoring systems.
• Exposure to cloud services such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Familiarity with AI/ML-enabled systems, including design of APIs or microservices that integrate machine-learning or LLM components is a plus.

The ideal candidate should have these characteristics:

• Thrives in dynamic, fast-paced environments and readily adapts to change.
• Communicates effectively in English (both verbally and writing) across all levels of the organization.
• Champions continuous innovation and actively seek new ways to improve.
• Driven by results and focused on achieving measurable outcomes.
• Motivates team members through a shared sense of purpose.

Our commitment to you!

BMC’s culture is built around its people. We have 6000+ brilliant minds working together across the globe. You won’t be known just by your employee number, but for your true authentic self. BMC lets you be YOU!

If after reading the above, You’re unsure if you meet the qualifications of this role but are deeply excited about BMC and this team, we still encourage you to apply! We want to attract talents from diverse backgrounds and experience to ensure we face the world together with the best ideas!

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