Software Engineer Backend - Foundation Services

About Backblaze

Backblaze provides reliable, high-availability cloud storage trusted by consumers, SMBs, enterprises, and developers in over 150 countries. Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage supports data-intensive workloads including backup, media, analytics, and modern AI pipelines. Our teams focus on building secure, durable, scalable systems with a strong emphasis on application security from day one and protecting customers to keep them safe.

But while there is a lot to celebrate in our past, there is almost as much opportunity ahead of us.

About the Role

We are seeking a Backend Engineer for our Foundation Services Team. This team focuses on the essential services that power identity, access, and integrations. In this role, you will contribute to the development and maintenance of highly available APIs designed to manage the orchestration of users and resources at scale.

We are looking for an engineer who is eager to use the latest AI tools to streamline their development workflow and accelerate coding. We value versatility and are looking for someone comfortable working across various technologies as our needs evolve and who is excited to grow their architectural skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop highly scalable, performant services and APIs in a Java ecosystem.
• Implement code for authentication, account management, and external partner integrations.
• Integrate AI coding agents and frameworks into your workflow to accelerate development, refactor legacy components, and improve code quality.
• Contribute to the full technical lifecycle, including estimation, design, development, and delivery.
• Collaborate across the organization to ensure project success. You will often engage with QA, Finance, Marketing, Product Management, Support, and Security to gather necessary context and requirements to implement solutions correctly.
• Assist in diagnosing complex issues and maintain the stability of large-scale systems.
• Participate in code reviews and design discussions to foster engineering excellence.

Required Qualifications

• A track record of delivering functional software components within complex systems.
• 3+ years of professional experience with Java and a solid understanding of backend development.
• Experience incorporating AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Gemini, Cursor, Claude Code) into your engineering workflow.
• Experience with modern data, containerization, and observability:
• Vitess, Cassandra, and Redis backend development.
• Docker and container-based environments.
• Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenSearch.
• Comfortable working in a cross-platform environment (we develop on MacBooks for software that runs on Linux).
• Solid understanding of HTTP principles and secure access best practices.
• A strong desire to learn, adapt to new technologies, and grow into a se