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Join us in bringing joy to customer experience. Five9 is a leading provider of cloud contact center software, bringing the power of cloud innovation to customers worldwide.

Living our values everyday results in our team-first culture and enables us to innovate, grow, and thrive while enjoying the journey together. We celebrate diversity and foster an inclusive environment, empowering our employees to be their authentic selves.

As part of the Automated Call Distribution (ACD) team, you will be working on breaking down a monolith and building Five9’s next generation, cutting-edge Modern microservices platform. An ideal candidate for us is an experienced engineer who is passionate about building high performance scalable microservices with test driven development mindset and a brilliant problem solver and a creative self-starter.

Key Responsibilities:

Be part of the ACD Team, focused on building the next generation Automated Call Distribution features in the public multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud solutions.
Lead the design, development, and implementation of microservices
Architect scalable and reliable solutions to meet business requirements and work closely with architects to get reviews and present our approach
Lead by example in implementing best practices, code reviews, and unit testing
Contribute to the development of reusable components, libraries, and frameworks to improve development efficiency and code quality
Identify technical debt and propose and implement solutions for improvement
Stay updated on emerging technologies and best practices in software engineering
Collaborate with cross-functional teams like Product, Quality, Ops and other development teams to drive technical initiatives forward
This position requires the ability to be on-call

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master's degree preferred)
9 + years of experience in designing and developing distributed, and scalable systems.
Experience in breaking down monoliths into microservices with an emphasis on resiliency
Proven track record of designing and implementing complex systems at scale
Expert level development experience in Java programming languages, Spring and Springboot frameworks
Strong Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, CI/CD tools like GitLab
Good knowledge of Elastic and strong experience with database design (both Sql and NoSQL)
Good knowledge of public cloud infrastructures (GCP - Preferred)
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to think strategically
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Leadership experience and ability to mentor and guide junior engineers
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
You understand what it takes to run mission critical software in production

Benefits:

Five9 Shares
Bonus Scheme
10% Flexi Benefit
Meal Allowance
Medical Insurance
Life Insurance
25 day Annual Leave + Public Holidays

Five9 embraces diversity and is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.  The more inclusive we are, the better we are.  Five9 is an equal opportunity employer.

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The recruiting function, including systems and processes, for Five9 are driven out of the US office with team members in various satellite offices. It is imperative that individuals responsible for the recruiting out of their respective offices, as well as team members in the United States, have the ability to share information and data. Often, this necessity extends beyond the recruiting team, and includes hiring managers as well. The recruiting function, including systems and processes, for Five9 are driven out of the headquarters in the United States with team members in satellite offices across various countries. • The HR Operations team, based in the US, must have access to hiring data from other countries in order to complete Compliance audits. • Our compensation and Benefits team , based in the US, must share and receive data from all offices with respect to job grading and compensation. • The FP&A team, based in the US, provides headcount and must receive offer details to hired employees for reporting purposes. • Our Payroll team, based in the US, must receive and provide data in order to complete payroll activities. • For many of the roles in other countries, the hiring manager is based in the US. They must have access to the resumes for candidates for assessment and access to offer documents for hired candidates for budget purposes. • The CFO must approve all offers and offer information must be shared across offices in order for that action to be satisfied. • The recruiting team needs access to data related to recruiting functions for reporting, process enhancements, data assessments.

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