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SmartsheetSr. Software Engineer (Remote Eligible from Bulgaria)
Smartsheet is hiring a Senior Software Engineer who can work remotely from Bulgaria. The company describes itself as a leader in intelligent work management, offering no-code…
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Smartsheet is hiring a Senior Software Engineer who can work remotely from Bulgaria. The company describes itself as a leader in intelligent work management, offering no-code tools for planning projects, automating workflows and building secure solutions. Its engineering presence in Bulgaria began in October 2024 and has grown past 75 engineers. The engineer would cover every layer of the stack, from services and interfaces to infrastructure and automated tests. The…
Job Description
Smartsheet is hiring a Senior Software Engineer who can work remotely from Bulgaria. The company describes itself as a leader in intelligent work management, offering no-code tools for planning projects, automating workflows and building secure solutions. Its engineering presence in Bulgaria began in October 2024 and has grown past 75 engineers.
The engineer would cover every layer of the stack, from services and interfaces to infrastructure and automated tests. The platform combines a long-standing Java monolith with microservices written mainly in Java and Go, along with a handful of Kotlin services. Infrastructure is managed as code with Terraform on AWS, and product teams building interfaces use React. The role reports to an engineering leader.
Responsibilities emphasize reliability and quality: holding internal services and community-facing tools to strong dependability and scale targets, shipping changes often through complete CI/CD pipelines, and contributing from ideation through operations. The job also includes partnering with PMs, UX designers and research staff, mentoring junior engineers, and establishing targets that show whether the team and its feature work are succeeding.
The posting highlights a growth-oriented culture where mistakes are treated as learning opportunities, and it asks for empathy for users and a strong ability to explain ideas clearly to mixed audiences. Candidates must be fluent in English and hold continuous work authorization in Bulgaria.
Responsibilities
- Cover every layer of the stack, from services and interfaces to infrastructure and automated tests.
- Hold internal services and community-facing tools to strong dependability and scale targets.
- Ship changes frequently in agile teams through complete CI/CD pipelines.
- Help build product features from ideation and customer engagement through planning, design, execution and operations.
- Partner with PMs, UX designers and research staff.
- Mentor junior engineers while keeping customer delivery and technical standards in balance.
- Establish targets that show whether the team and its feature work are succeeding.
- Take on additional tasks as the role requires.
Requirements
- Strong skill in Java or Go.
- Track record of creating resilient, quick-responding distributed platforms that serve millions of people.
- Comfortable with algorithmic thinking and core data structures, plus disciplined coding habits.
- Curious about how systems behave and skilled at tracing hard problems to their source.
- Clear communicator who can explain technical ideas to varied audiences.
- Supportive attitude and readiness to coach teammates out of stuck spots.
- Strong focus on quality and dependable, fast software.
- Empathy for users and the ability to turn their feedback into solutions.
- Growth mindset that treats setbacks as learning.
- Must hold continuous work authorization in Bulgaria.
- English fluency required.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Can I apply from outside Bulgaria?
The role is remote for people based in Bulgaria. Candidates must be legally eligible to work there on an ongoing basis.
What languages are needed?
Fluency in English is required.
Which technologies are used?
The posting mentions Java, Go, some Kotlin, React, AWS and Terraform.
Is a salary listed?
No. The posting does not specify a salary.
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