Lead Software Engineer

New Relic is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join their global team in Barcelona, Spain. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with distributed systems, concurrency, and production-scale systems, as well as strong proficiency in GoLang and frontend experience with React. The role involves designing, building, and maintaining back-end services and their support tools, as well as participating in architectural definitions and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. The company is committed to fostering a diverse, welcoming, and inclusive environment and offers a flexible workforce model.

Requirements

• Extensive hands-on experience with distributed systems, concurrency, and production-scale systems.
• Strong proficiency in GoLang (primary language — non-negotiable
• Frontend experience with React - Basic level skill
• Cloud platform knowledge — AWS, Azure, or GCP (at least one, deeply).
• Proven track record of delivering production code in an Agile environment.
• Collaborative engineer who drives shared code ownership and involves teammates in key decisions.
• Ability to design and implement distributed solutions for complex, real-world problems.

Benefits

• Flexible workforce model
• Opportunity to work on a high-impact engineering position
• Opportunity to own and build a set of next generation services and capabilities