Software Engineer II, Chat Apps

Summary

Join Braze's Chat Apps team as a Software Engineer and contribute to building and scaling our newest chat messaging channels. You will collaborate with a team to develop new features, enhance performance, and make key architectural decisions. This role requires 2-5 years of full-stack development experience, a strong understanding of distributed systems, and excellent communication skills. Braze offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, flexible paid time off, and opportunities for professional development. We value teamwork, work-life harmony, and a culture of continuous learning and improvement. If you're passionate about solving challenging problems and working in a fast-paced environment, we encourage you to apply.

Requirements

• 2-5 years of full-stack development experience
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, data structures and algorithms
• A self starter with great communication and organizational skills
• Prior experience working in a team environment

Responsibilities

• Work with teammates to build out new features
• Improve performance
• Provide guidance on key architectural decisions
• Tackle significant engineering challenges, such as architecting new iterations of critical components for our systems
• Optimize our systems for resilience as they scale

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional experience with any of: Ruby, Rails, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, Sidekiq, React, TypeScript
• Professional experience building distributed systems at scale
• Experience with agile processes

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 tuition reimbursement
• Community engagement opportunities throughout the year, including an annual company-wide Volunteer Week
• Employee Resource Groups that provide supportive communities within Braze
• Collaborative, transparent, and fun culture recognized as a Great Place to Work®