Senior Software Engineer I

Summary

Join Braze's Core Messaging team as a Senior Software Engineer I and take ownership of critical components of Braze's high-scale architecture. Lead team OKRs, ensuring they stay on track by balancing individual coding, guidance, mentoring, and delegation. Collaborate with a skilled and remote-friendly team to drive improvements to the product, technology, and team processes through innovative ideas and foundational architecture improvements. Develop a deep understanding of Braze's business to maximize the effectiveness of your work. Braze offers competitive compensation, equity, retirement and employee stock purchase plans, flexible paid time off, comprehensive benefits, family services, professional development opportunities, and a collaborative culture. The company is committed to fostering work-life harmony and providing a supportive and inclusive work environment.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience as a Software Engineer with a strong track record of success
• Comfortable owning and leading technology initiatives and driving the product strategy forward
• Leverages business and product understanding to write high impact and foundational code at a high velocity
• Contributes team value by providing input to architecture proposals, code reviews and team goals
• Experience working in a collaborative team environment. Excellent communicator with your peers, teammates, stakeholders and managers
• Proficient in analyzing and optimizing code performance, database load, and caching strategies
• Familiar with distributed architecture paradigms such as async processing, job queues and eventual consistency

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of critical components of Braze's high-scale architecture
• Lead team OKRs to ensure they stay on track
• Balance individual coding, guidance, mentoring, and delegation
• Drive improvements to our product, technology, and team processes via innovative ideas and foundational architecture improvements
• Develop a deep understanding of our business to maximize the effectiveness of your work

Benefits

• Competitive compensation that may include equity
• Retirement and Employee Stock Purchase Plans
• Flexible paid time off
• Comprehensive benefit plans covering medical, dental, vision, life, and disability
• Family services that include fertility benefits and equal paid parental leave
• Professional development supported by formal career pathing, learning platforms, and a yearly learning stipend