Senior Software Engineer I, Core Messaging

Summary

Join Braze's Core Messaging team as a Senior Software Engineer I and contribute to enhancing the performance and reliability of our high-scale messaging architecture. You will take ownership of critical components, lead team objectives, and collaborate with a skilled remote-friendly team. Leverage your 5+ years of software engineering experience to drive product strategy, write high-impact code, and contribute to architecture proposals and code reviews. Braze offers competitive compensation, equity, flexible paid time off, comprehensive benefits, and professional development opportunities. We foster a collaborative, transparent, and fun culture, recognized as a Great Place to Work®. If you're passionate about solving challenging problems and thrive in a fast-paced environment, Braze is the place for you.

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
• Find the right balance of 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
• A curated in-office employee experience, designed to foster community, team connections, and innovation
• Opportunities to give back to your community, including an annual company-wide Volunteer Week and donation matching
• Employee Resource Groups that provide supportive communities within Braze
• Collaborative, transparent, and fun culture recognized as a Great Place to Work®