Staff Software Engineer (JAVA)

A career that’s the whole package!

At Conga, we’ve built a community where our colleagues can thrive. Here you’ll find opportunities to innovate and support growth through individual and team development, all within an environment where every voice is heard.

Conga lines up commercial operations so companies run as connected, smarter businesses. By unifying the people and processes that drive commerce, Conga aligns pricing, quoting, contracting, rebates, and communications so teams stay in sync and buyers keep moving forward. The result is trusted decisions, consistent buyer experiences, and profitable growth. More than 10,000 customers worldwide, including over 50% of the Fortune 100®, trust Conga when commercial complexity is high and global impact is on the line.

Job Title: Staff Software Engineer

Locations: Sofia, Bulgaria

Reports to: Manager, Product Development

A career that’s the whole package!

At Conga, we’ve built a community where our colleagues can thrive. Here you’ll find opportunities to innovate and support growth through individual and team development, all within an environment where every voice is heard.

Conga accelerates the customer’s journey to becoming a more connected and intelligent business. The Conga Advantage Platform is recognized worldwide for enhancing this journey, bringing together Configure, Price, Quote, Contract Lifecycle Management, and Document Automation capabilities on a single open platform. It integrates seamlessly with any ERP, CRM, and Cloud. Powered by a unified data model and purpose-built AI, Conga helps companies achieve a unique advantage—one built on seamless connection, actionable intelligence, and scalable growth.

Our approach is grounded in the Conga Way, a framework that encapsulates our values and drives everything we do as an organization—from hiring to decision-making and product development to colleague programs. Created with direct input from our colleagues, the Conga Way forms the foundation of our vibrant culture.

A quick snapshot …

As a Staff Software Engineer at Conga, you'll help shape the architecture and technical direction of our cloud-native platform. You'll design and build highly scalable, resilient backend services that power mission-critical revenue operations for enterprise customers worldwide. Working closely with engineering leaders, architects, and product teams, you'll drive technical excellence, mentor engineers, and influence key architectural decisions across our distributed systems ecosystem.

Why it’s a big deal…

Conga's platform supports some of the most critical business processes for global organizations, including pricing, contracting, and revenue management. The systems you design and build must handle high volumes of data, deliver exceptional reliability, and scale as our customers grow. As a Staff Engineer, your impact extends beyond individual services. You'll help define engineering standards, shape platform architecture, and influence how our teams build secure, scalable, and high-performing solutions that power the future of Conga's products.

Here’s what we’re looking for…

5+ years of experience developing large-scale, complex applications with Java

Strong expertise in backend development, including multi-threading, messaging, streaming, performance optimization, and horizontal scalability

Solid experience building REST APIs and backend services

Hands-on experience with Cassandra and other NoSQL databases

Strong knowledge of Redis, including caching and stream-based workflows

Experience with cloud platforms, especially Microsoft Azure

Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and event-driven design

Solid understanding of OOP, design patterns, SOLID principles, and clean architecture

Awareness of algorithmic complexity and Java data structures

Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases

Familiarity with Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban

Experience with BDD/TDD practices

Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar

Working knowledge of Git, Jira, and Confluence

Experience with Docker and Kubernetes

Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

A proactive mindset and willingness to learn and work across backend technologies

Nice to Have (Advantage):

Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or similar) to improve productivity, code quality, or development workflows

Experience with Java 21 and/or Dropwizard

Familiarity with OpenSearch or Elasticsearch

Experience with Azure Service Bus, Redis Streams, or similar messaging technologies

Experience with AKS, Helm, or other Azure deployment tooling

University degree in Computer Science or a related field

Here’s what will give you an edge…

Design and develop backend services in Java for a cloud-native, microservices-based platform with a strong focus on scalability, performance, resiliency, and maintainability

Build reusable backend services and distributed system capabilities that support real-time pricing and related business operations

Work with Cassandra, Redis, Azure, and event-driven patterns to deliver reliable, high-throughput backend solutions

Collaborate with a talented international team of engineers, product managers, and architects to define system functionality and plan future sprints

Partner with tech leads and architects to align implementations with industry best practices and company standards across the backend layer

Contribute to backend architecture decisions, service design, and data handling patterns

Participate in code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing across the engineering team

Provide technical mentorship to junior engineers, guiding them in best practices, design decisions, and professional growth

Conduct technical research to solve complex problems and drive continuous improvement across backend technologies

Contribute to and maintain technical documentation

Develop unit, integration, and service-level tests, and collaborate with QA to ensure end-to-end quality

Work closely with the DevOps/Cloud Services team to support deployments and troubleshoot production issues

Help improve engineering processes, delivery practices, and operational reliability across the platform

Did we pique your interest?

If this sounds like the kind of job you would love in the kind of environment where you would thrive, please click apply. We'd love to hear from you!

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Don’t meet every requirement for the role?

Studies have shown that women and members of ethnic minorities are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Conga we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You just might be the right candidate for this or other roles.

Additional Information

Conga is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, parental or pregnancy status, marriage and civil partnership, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We understand interviewing can be stressful for those with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to allow you to show us your best self, please let your recruiter know as soon as possible. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Conga