Software Engineer II, Chat Apps
Braze
Summary
Join Braze's Chat Apps team as a Software Engineer and contribute to building and scaling Braze's newest chat messaging channels. You will work 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, including equity, retirement plans, flexible paid time off, comprehensive benefits, parental leave, and professional development opportunities. The company fosters a collaborative and supportive work environment, recognized as a Great Place to Work®. If you're passionate about solving challenging problems and working in a fast-paced environment, Braze is the place for you.
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 your 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 and optimizing 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®