Software Engineer II - Query Gateway

Portland · Oregon · USD 126,000-158,000 · 3+ years experience · Hybrid · Posted Sep 23, 2026

At a glance

As a Software Engineer II on the Query Gateway team, you will contribute directly to the proprietary telemetry database technology at the core of New Relic's business.
You will own the New Relic query gateway stack and build scalable distributed Java services and petabyte-scale infrastructure in a DevOps environment.

Own the New Relic query gateway stack
Proactively participate in cross-functional committees to move the query gateway forward, ranging from collaborations with AI, Visualizations, and Data Processing teams
Build and maintain scalable distributed Java services and Petabyte-scale Infrastructure
Investigate and resolve critical performance, availability, and resiliency issues and risks in a multi-region, multi-cloud, multi-tenant distributed database
Work in an agile environment with a DevOps approach, including taking turns with being on-call

3+ years of experience in collaborative software development
Firm grasp of Computer Science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and modern software design and development methodologies
Self-starter with a strong sense of ownership over your code and commitments
Ability to go deep on the command-line and fix things when they're broken
Experience working in Java, or equivalent experience in an alternate OOP language (C++, C#, etc)

Experience developing and operating within a 24x7 SaaS business
Experience or interest in database implementation, distributed systems, and/or query execution
Experience with observability tools and platforms
Experience working in the public cloud (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP)
Experience with container technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker
Experience working asynchronously in distributed teams