Software Development Engineer

At GoDaddy the future of work looks different for each team. Some teams work in the office full-time; others have a hybrid arrangement (they work remotely some days and in the office some days) and some work entirely remotely.​

This is a hybrid position. You’ll divide your time between working remotely from your home and an office, so you should live within commuting distance. Hybrid teams may work in-office as much as a few times a week or as little as once a month or quarter, as decided by leadership. The hiring manager can share more about what hybrid work might look like for this team.

GoDaddy is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing all of the help and tools to succeed online. GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers, sell their products and services, and manage their work. Our mission is to give our customers the tools, insights and the people to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success.

Our Identity team is looking for a Software Engineer to join us in building and maintaining GoDaddy's customer identity platform. As a software engineer on our team, you will work in an Agile scrum environment, contributing to the development and maintenance of mission-critical services that serve as the authoritative source of truth for all GoDaddy customer profiles, identity verification, and consent management. You'll be working with modern cloud-native architectures, handling billions of requests, and ensuring the highest standards of security and compliance for customer data.

• →Design, develop, and maintain backend services and RESTful APIs using Java and Spring Boot for GoDaddy's customer profile and identity platform
• →Build scalable, event-driven microservices on AWS (DynamoDB, Kinesis, Lambda, ECS/Fargate, S3, OpenSearch), including real-time integrations with internal systems and third-party vendors
• →Deliver secure, GDPR-compliant solutions by implementing identity verification, consent management, encryption, audit trails, and API security controls including WAF
• →Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code; participate in code reviews, troubleshoot production issues, support on-call operations, and contribute to CI/CD and infrastructure automation
• →Take ownership of features from design through deployment, collaborate across engineering and product teams, solve problems independently, and leverage AI tools to improve productivity

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience building backend services, APIs, and distributed applications
• Strong proficiency in Java and Spring Boot, with solid understanding of RESTful API design and microservices architecture
• Experience with relational or NoSQL databases, cloud-native development, Git, testing frameworks, and CI/CD practices
• Understanding of data structures, algorithms, software design patterns, security fundamentals (authentication, authorization, encryption), and API security concepts
• Strong problem-solving, debugging, communication, and ownership skills, with the ability to independently drive features from design to delivery

• Experience with AWS technologies including DynamoDB, Kinesis, Lambda, ECS/Fargate, OpenSearch, CloudFormation, and WAFv2
• Knowledge of event-driven architectures, message streaming platforms (Kinesis, Kafka, SQS/SNS), API gateways, GraphQL, and OpenAPI/Swagger
• Familiarity with security and compliance best practices, including encryption, KMS, PII protection, GDPR, and audit trail requirements
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, observability tools (CloudWatch, Datadog, Splunk), and additional backend languages such as Go or Python
• Experience in Agile environments, passion for engineering excellence, continuous learning, and effective use of AI-powered development tools

We encourage you to apply even if your experience or skillset doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement. We value a wide range of backgrounds and transferable skills, and we are excited to support learning and growth.