Job Description
At Braze we have found our people. We’re a genuinely approachable exceptionally kind and intensely passionate crew.
We seek to ignite that passion by setting high standards championing teamwork and creating work-life harmony as we collectively navigate rapid growth on a global scale while striving for greater equity and opportunity – inside and outside our organization.
To flourish here you must be prepared to set a high bar for yourself and those around you. There is always a way to contribute: Acting with autonomy having accountability and being open to new perspectives are essential to our continued success.
Our deep curiosity to learn and our eagerness to share diverse passions with others gives us balance and injects a one-of-a-kind vibrancy into our culture.
If you are driven to solve exhilarating challenges and have a bias toward action in the face of change you will be empowered to make a real impact here with a sharp and passionate team at your back. If Braze sounds like a place where you can thrive we can’t wait to meet you.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Platform Software Engineers (PSWEs) design and build the distributed systems that power Braze's massive-scale background processing platform. We own Sidekiq at Braze—processing more than a trillion jobs daily across Kubernetes clusters worldwide. Our work spans autoscaling systems metrics pipelines reliable job execution and internal frameworks that make distributed processing safe for application teams.
Braze operates at a massive scale: 3.3 billion monthly active users hundreds of billions of data points collected each month and billions of messages sent daily. Our tech stack is rooted in Ruby on Rails Go MongoDB Redis and Kafka. As a PSWE you'll collaborate with application teams to evolve the Sidekiq platform they depend on and improve the reliability performance and developer experience.
Main responsibilities:
- Develop Braze’s embedded frameworks that enable large-scale distributed processing
- Design build and operate internal software frameworks that power Braze’s asynchronous and background processing systems at massive scale
- Evolve and extend frameworks built on technologies such as Sidekiq to reliably execute over a trillion jobs per day across a globally distributed platform
- Own scaling behavior reliability guarantees failure modes and operational safety of these systems
- Provide opinionated abstractions tooling and guardrails that allow application teams to use distributed processing safely without needing to manage underlying complexity
- Improve observability debuggability and operational ergonomics for large-scale job-processing systems
- Manage incidents:
- Be on a PagerDuty rotation to respond to availability incidents and provide support for other engineers
- Use your on-call shift to prevent incidents from ever happening
- Retrospect everything that happens to turn lessons into system improvements/changes automation etc.
- 5+ years of distributed systems development or platform/infrastructure experience
- You think about systems - interfaces boundaries edge cases failure modes behaviors and specific implementations
- Have an urge to collaborate document and deliver quickly
- Collaborating across the global remote teams often working asynchronously
- Document everything so you don't need to learn the same thing (or plan the same work) twice
- Delivering fast to delight our customers–even internal ones
- Have an enthusiastic go-for-it attitude. When you see something broken you can't help but fix it
- Have a desire to solve everyday challenges facing software engineers and automate their toil away
- Have an excellent ability to manage multiple tasks and expectations at once
- Experienced in working on large-scale API-driven systems
- Experienced in application and systems observability
- Experience with distributed systems message queues or background job processing with a strong focus on Sidekiq
- Strong Ruby and Rails experience with Go experience being helpful (our primary languages)
- Interest in reliability engineering—failure modes retry semantics idempotency
For candidates based in the United States the pay range for this position at the start of employment is expected to be between $128842 and $232200/year with an expected On Target Earnings (OTE) between $144000 and $258000/year (including bonus or commission). Your exact offer may vary depending on multiple individualized factors including market location job-related knowledge skills and experience. In addition to cash compensation Braze offers full- and part- time employees a comprehensive Total Rewards package that includes equity grants of restricted stock (RSUs) so that all Braze employees own a piece of our company.
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WHAT WE OFFER
Braze benefits vary by location and we encourage you to review our specific benefits offerings for each country here. More details on benefits plans will be provided if you receive an offer of employment.
From offering comprehensive benefits to fostering hybrid ways of working we’ve got you covered so you can prioritize work-life harmony. Braze offers benefits such as:
- 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®
ABOUT BRAZE
Braze is the leading customer engagement platform that empowers brands to Be Absolutely Engaging.™ Braze helps brands deliver great customer experiences that drive value both for consumers and for their businesses. Built on a foundation of composable intelligence BrazeAI™ allows marketers to combine and activate AI agents models and features at every touchpoint throughout the Braze Customer Engagement Platform for smarter faster and more meaningful customer engagement. From cross-channel messaging and journey orchestration to Al-powered decisioning and optimization Braze enables companies to turn action into interaction through autonomous 1:1 personalized experiences.
The company has repeatedly been recognized as a Leader in marketing technology by industry analysts and was voted a G2 “Best of Marketing and Digital Advertising Software Product” in 2025.
Braze was also named a 2025 Best Companies To Work For by U.S. News & World Report a 2025 America’s Greatest Companies by Newsweek and a 2025 Fortune Best Workplace in Technology™ by Great Place To Work® among other accolades. Braze is also proudly certified as a Great Place to Work® in the U.S. the UK Australia and Singapore.
The company is headquartered in New York with offices in Austin Berlin Bucharest Chicago Dubai Jakarta London Paris San Francisco São Paulo Singapore Seoul Sydney and Tokyo.
At Braze we strive to create equitable growth and opportunities inside and outside the organization.
Building meaningful connections is at the heart of everything we do and that includes our recruiting practices. We're committed to offering all candidates a fair accessible and inclusive experience – regardless of age color disability gender identity marital status maternity national origin pregnancy race religion sex sexual orientation or status as a protected veteran. When applying and interviewing with Braze we want you to feel comfortable showcasing what makes you you.
We know that sometimes different circumstances can lead talented people to hesitate to apply for a role unless they meet 100% of the criteria. If this sounds familiar we encourage you to apply as we’d love to meet you.
Please see our Candidate Privacy Policy for more information on how Braze processes your personal information during the recruitment process and if applicable based on your location how you can exercise any privacy rights.Top Skills
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At Braze we believe in the passion of our people. We seek to ignite that passion by setting high standards championing teamwork and creating work-life harmony. We thrive when people add their unique perspectives to our ever-growing teams—and we strive to empower you to make an impact that fuels both you and our business.
Why Work With Us
At Braze we believe in the passion of our people. We seek to ignite that passion by setting high standards championing teamwork and creating work-life harmony. We thrive when people add their unique perspectives to our ever-growing teams—and we strive to empower you to make an impact that fuels both you and our business.
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