Senior Platform Software Engineer II

Braze

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$156,364–$250,909 / yr
Posted
101 days ago
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About Braze

Braze is a leading cloud-based customer engagement platform that enables brands to foster human connection with consumers through interactive, real-time, cross-channel marketing.

Braze currently has 105 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $149,000–$235,000 across 104 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Platform Software Engineer II

The Senior Platform Software Engineer II joins the platform team to build, maintain, and evolve internal infrastructure as a service platform. This role focuses on moving operational expertise into software by developing automated systems for database provisioning, Kafka topic management, and high-scale distributed processing. You will design and operate internal software frameworks, specifically evolving technologies like Sidekiq to execute trillions of jobs daily across a globally distributed platform. Key responsibilities include developing Infrastructure as a Service products, managing PagerDuty rotations, and improving observability for large-scale systems. The role requires expertise in Ruby on Rails, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, and Kubernetes. You will solve complex technical problems by providing opinionated abstractions and guardrails that allow other engineering teams to deploy and scale applications safely while meeting strict enterprise-grade SLAs.

What you'll do

  • Build, maintain, and evolve internal infrastructure as a service platform using sound engineering principles.
  • Design and operate internal software frameworks for large-scale asynchronous and background processing systems.
  • Develop and maintain software services that provide custom infrastructure, centralized tooling, and automation.
  • Implement IaaS productions that enable other engineering teams to build and deploy applications faster.
  • Provide opinionated abstractions and guardrails to allow application teams to use distributed processing safely.
  • Manage incidents by participating in a PagerDuty rotation and performing post-incident retrospectives.
  • Improve observability, debuggability, and operational ergonomics for large-scale job-processing systems.
  • Ensure the platform meets strict enterprise-grade SLAs through automated monitoring and alerting.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of full-stack development experience.
  • Experience in building and automating Kubernetes-based operators and custom resources.
  • Experience in application and systems observability.
  • Experience in working on large-scale API-driven systems.
  • Ability to design, build, and operate internal software frameworks for large-scale distributed processing.
  • Ability to develop and maintain software services for an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform.
  • Ability to manage incidents and participate in a PagerDuty rotation.
  • Ability to collaborate across global remote teams and document technical work thoroughly.

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