Senior Software Engineer I, Content Cards

At Braze, we’re a genuinely approachable, exceptionally kind, and intensely passionate team. We set high standards, champion teamwork, and create work-life harmony as we navigate rapid global growth while striving for greater equity and opportunity—both inside and outside our organization.

To flourish here, you must be prepared to set a high bar for yourself and those around you. Autonomy, accountability, and openness to new perspectives are essential to our success. Our deep curiosity and eagerness to share diverse passions create a vibrant culture.

If you’re driven to solve exhilarating challenges with a bias toward action, you’ll be empowered to make a real impact here, supported by a sharp and passionate team.

About the role

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Content Cards team, focused on transforming in-product surfaces into dynamic, personalized experiences that adapt to user behavior in real time.

We build the systems powering in-app engagement across customers’ websites and applications—covering message definition, composition, targeting, delivery semantics, and analytics—along with a feature-rich dashboard that lets brands and UX teams seamlessly manage in-product messaging.

As a senior engineer, you’ll build new capabilities, improve reliability and performance, and guide key architectural decisions as we scale. You’ll drive ambitious initiatives that expand what customers can build on high-value surfaces, unlock new ways to present and orchestrate content, and strengthen platform foundations for future innovation across in-product channels.

We value engineers who raise the bar through strong technical leadership, thoughtful system design, and clear communication.

Responsibilities

• Build new capabilities for in-product messaging and engagement systems.
• Improve reliability, performance, and scalability of existing systems.
• Drive key architectural decisions to support growth and innovation.
• Collaborate on initiatives that expand customer use cases for high-value surfaces.
• Unlock new ways to present and orchestrate content dynamically.
• Strengthen platform foundations to accelerate future innovation.
• Demonstrate technical leadership through system design and clear communication.

Requirements

• 5+ years of full-stack development experience.
• Proven track record of driving complex projects from ambiguity to delivery.
• Strong understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithms.
• Self-starter with excellent communication and organizational skills; experienced working in a team environment.

Skills

• Bonus: Professional experience building software at immense scale, especially customer-facing platforms with high reliability requirements.
• Professional experience with Ruby, Sidekiq, TypeScript/JavaScript, and React.
• Experience with agile development processes.

Pay

For candidates based in the United States, the pay range for this position at the start of employment is expected to be between $144,000 and $234,000/year, with an expected On Target Earnings (OTE) between $128,842 and $209,368/year (including bonus or commission). Your exact offer may vary depending on market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This role also qualifies for a comprehensive Total Rewards package, including equity grants of restricted stock (RSUs).

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including equity.
• Retirement and Employee Stock Purchase Plans.
• Flexible paid time off.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefit plans.
• Family services, including 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 fostering community, team connections, and innovation.
• Opportunities to give back, including Volunteer Week and donation matching.
• Employee Resource Groups providing supportive communities within Braze.
• Collaborative, transparent, and fun culture recognized as a Great Place to Work®.

About Braze

Braze is the leading customer engagement platform empowering brands to Be Absolutely Engaging™. Built on composable intelligence, BrazeAI™ allows marketers to combine and activate AI agents, models, and features at every touchpoint for smarter, faster, and more meaningful customer engagement.

The company has been recognized as a Leader in marketing technology by industry analysts and named a G2 “Best of Marketing and Digital Advertising Software Product” in 2026. Braze was also named a 2026 Best Places to Work by Built In, a 2025 America’s Greenest Companies by Newsweek, and a 2025 Fortune Best Workplace in Technology™. Braze is certified as a Great Place to Work® in the U.S., UK, Australia, and Singapore.

Headquartered in New York, Braze has offices in Austin, Berlin, Bucharest, Chicago, Dubai, Jakarta, London, Paris, San Francisco, São Paulo, Singapore, Seoul, Sydney, and Tokyo.