Backend Engineer, SaaS Data Protection

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Join a global effort to build next-generation data protection services at Veeam, focusing on reliable cloud services for SaaS data resilience.

Veeam, the #1 global market leader in data resilience, believes businesses should control all their data whenever and wherever they need it. Veeam provides data resilience through data backup, data recovery, data portability, data security, and data intelligence. Based in Seattle, Veeam protects over 550,000 customers worldwide who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running. Join us as we move forward together, growing, learning, and making a real impact for some of the world’s biggest brands. The future of data resilience is here - go fearlessly forward with us.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Backend Engineer to join the Veeam Data Cloud (VDC) engineering team. You will be working with a global team to build next-generation data protection services focused on ensuring data resilience for our customers.

This is a unique opportunity to work on greenfield projects, building features from the ground up that will be deployed and utilized worldwide.

What You'll Do

  • Design and develop reliable, scalable and globally available cloud services that protect data stored in SaaS services like Microsoft 365
  • Participate in technical design discussions, reviewing code, and providing feedback to other engineers
  • Ensure your code is high-quality, thoroughly tested, and secure
  • Take ownership of the reliability and efficiency of your services running in the cloud
  • Participate in on-call rotation for product operations

What You'll Bring 

  • 5+ years of experience in the software development industry
  • Expertise with a modern programming language like Java, Go, Scala, or Rust
  • Strong computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, and concurrency)
  • Demonstrated expertise designing, building, and implementing core features in production services or software
  • Experience developing, testing, and debugging production-quality, scalable, multithreaded, concurrent systems
  • Passion for code quality, extensibility, coding standards, testing and automation

Bonus Skills

  • Experience building systems that handle large volumes of data, including data storage, data transfer, and data manipulation systems
  • Experience building data protection or security products
  • Experience building and operating SaaS services using public cloud

What You'll Get

  • 18 paid vacation days, plus three global VeeaMe Days for self-care and 24 volunteer hours annually
  • Private medical coverage for you and up to four dependents
  • Life, accident, and disability insurance with enhanced coverage
  • Wellbeing allowance for physical and mental wellness
  • Free confidential counselling and coaching via Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
  • Meal, fuel, and transportation benefits based on work arrangement
  • Daycare reimbursement and safe cab facility for eligible employees
  • Professional training and education, including courses and workshops, internal meetups, and unlimited access to our online learning platforms (LinkedIn Learning, Athena, O’Reilly) and mentoring through our MentorLab program

Please note: If the applicant is permanently located outside India, Veeam reserves the right to decline the application.


Veeam Software is an equal opportunity employer and does not tolerate discrimination in any form on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law. All your information will be kept confidential.

Please note that any personal data collected from you during the recruitment process will be processed in accordance with our Recruiting Privacy Notice.  

The Privacy Notice sets out the basis on which the personal data collected from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us in connection with our recruitment processes. 

By applying for this position, you consent to the processing of your personal data in accordance with our Recruiting Privacy Notice.

By submitting your application, you acknowledge that the information provided in your job application and any supporting documents is complete and accurate to the best of your knowledge. Any misrepresentation, omission, or falsification of information may result in disqualification from consideration for employment or, if discovered after employment begins, termination of employment.

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Health Insurance: Private medical coverage for you and up to four dependents
  • Learning Budget: Professional training and education, including courses and workshops, internal meetups, and unlimited access to our online learning platforms (LinkedIn Learning, Athena, O’Reilly) and mentoring through our MentorLab program
  • Daycare reimbursement: Daycare reimbursement and safe cab facility for eligible employees
  • Paid Time Off: 18 paid vacation days, plus three global VeeaMe Days for self-care and 24 volunteer hours annually
  • Wellness Stipend: Wellbeing allowance for physical and mental wellness

Veeam®, the #1 global market leader in data protection and ransomware recovery, is on a mission to empower every organization to not just bounce back from a data outage or loss but bounce forward. With Veeam, organizations achieve radical resilience through data security, data recovery, and data freedom for their hybrid cloud.  The Veeam Data Platform delivers a single solution for cloud, virtual, physical, SaaS, and Kubernetes environments that gives IT and security leaders peace of mind that their apps and data are protected and always available. Headquartered in Seattle with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 450,000 customers worldwide, including 74% of the Global 2000, who trust Veeam to keep their businesses running.

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