Senior Software Engineer I

Braze · San Francisco · Engineering

Posted 2026-09-23

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WHAT YOU'LL DO

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer for our Currents team, responsible for building, maintaining, and evolving Currents, our data export system at scale. The Currents system is a robust Kafka-based event pipeline handling tens of billions of messages daily that our customers leverage to analyze user behavior in near real-time.

You’ll be a key engineer on a highly collaborative and skilled team, responsible for bringing projects from concept to production and improving our existing high-scale systems. You will be leveraging your past experiences, your skills, and a strong sense of teamwork to tackle the significant engineering challenges of running a critical data streaming system.

WHO YOU ARE

5+ years of full-stack development experience

Experience building foundational systems at scale and spearheading software projects that significantly advanced the goals of your organization

Leads by example. Excellent at mentoring engineers. Makes your colleagues better

Self-starter with great communication and organizational skills and experience working in a highly collaborative team environment

Experience with Kafka at scale, or comparable technology

Professional experience working with distributed systems and/or microservices

Bonus if you’ve worked with Java, Kotlin, Confluent, or React

For candidates based in the United States, the pay range for this position at the start of employment is expected to be between $140,400 and $232,200/year with an expected On Target Earnings (OTE) between $156,000 and $258,000/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, this role qualifies for a comprehensive Total Rewards package that includes equity grants of restricted stock (RSUs) so that you will own a piece of our company.

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