Senior Software Engineer, Vonage
Golang
Cloud-based communications APIs
Job no longer available
Cloud-based communications APIs
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make communications more flexible, intelligent, and personal to help enterprises stay ahead.
Role
Who you are
- Proficiency in any imperative language. The most used language in the team is Golang, so already knowing that is a plus
- Good understanding of RESTful APIs and backend development
- Familiarity with Docker and container-based architectures
- Comfortable using Git in a trunk-based development environment
- Knowledge of Continuous Deployment principles and tools
- There’s no perfect candidate. You don't need all the preferred qualifications to make a valuable impact on our team
Desirable
- Exposure to frontend technologies (e.g., basic Vue, HTML/CSS)
- Experience with AWS, especially IAM-relevant services
- Familiarity with Kubernetes and orchestration tools like ArgoCD and Helm
- Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, especially using Jenkins
- Knowledge of infrastructure components like nginx, envoy, Kafka, Redis, Vault, Nomad, or Consul
What the job involves
- We're seeking a talented Senior Software Engineer to help evolve our IAM system, contributing to a high-availability, globally distributed service
- You'll be part of an international, experienced team passionate about distributed systems, real-time communications, cloud infrastructure, and security protocols
- Contribute to the design and development of the Customer Identity & Access Management service using modern technologies and identity standards like OpenID Connect, JWT, and SAML
- Participate in system design and hands-on software development for backend services
- Implement and maintain REST APIs with a focus on scalability, availability, and security
- Collaborate on global CI/CD and infrastructure deployment strategies for IAM with a target of 99.99999% availability
- Support the implementation of new IAM features requested by our Product Team
- Occasionally contribute to frontend (web) tasks when needed (having some web knowledge is a plus)
- Help evaluate and improve service quality through monitoring, metrics, and performance enhancements
- Explore and integrate AI-powered tools into the software development lifecycle to boost efficiency, automation, and code quality
Our take
According to Vonage, technology should make business communication easier, but it currently makes it more complicated due to the various communication platforms that users need to spend time learning how to use. Moreover, users often realize that the platform is not the right choice for them after wasting a lot of time understanding how to navigate it. Vonage aims to change this by providing enterprises with a flexible cloud communications platform that simplifies business communication.
Vonage offers a unified communications solution that is easy to understand and use every day. The platform integrates communication via voice, messaging, video, and data and gives clients the flexibility to choose from a wide range of tools and integrations or to create new ones using Vonage's APIs.
Following its acquisition by Ericsson - a multinational networking and telecommunications company - Vonage has been focused on expanding its presence in wireless enterprises and broadening its global offerings. As part of this, it recently announced a collaboration with AWS, to integrate Amazon Nova Sonic with the Vonage Voice API. This collaboration further strengthens Vonage;'s position in the rapidly growing AI-driven communications market and lays the groundwork for accelerated innovation and global growth.
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Insights
-2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Aug 2005
$200m
SERIES E
Aug 2004
$105m
SERIES D
Total funding: $372m
Company benefits
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Coverage
- Paid Time Off
- Tution Reimbursement
- Retirement Plan
- Maternity/Paternity Leave
- Health Savings Account
- Legal Plan
- Auto, Home, & Pert Insurance
- And More!
Company HQ
Holmdel, NJ
Leadership
Niklas Heuveldop
(CEO)Niklas has been part of Ericsson since 2005, joining as a VP of Sales American Business Unit Networks. Since then, he has held numerous roles and became the CEO of Vonage and Head of Business Global Communication Platforms in 2024.
Pam Hehn Schroeder
(CFO)Pam has been part of Ericsson since 2001, joining as a Finance Leader, REgions, Broadband & Media Accounts. Since then, she has held a number of roles and became CFO of Vonage in 2024.
Neelam Sandhu
(CMO)Neelam joined Vonage as CMO in 2025. Prior to this, she spent 15 years at BlackBerry as CMO and CCO.
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