Braze
Senior Software Engineer II, Canvas Logic & Execution
Job Summary
This role involves leading the design and development of scalable, high-performance components for Braze's Canvas platform, impacting millions of users globally. The candidate should have at least 7 years of experience in full-stack development, especially with Ruby on Rails and large-scale database management, including MongoDB. Key responsibilities include making architectural decisions for high-scale distributed systems, tackling complex technical challenges, and mentoring engineering teams. The job emphasizes technical excellence, operational efficiency, and a focus on building resilient and extensible infrastructure within an agile environment.
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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
Join our Canvas Logic & Execution team and revolutionize how brands connect with their customers! We're seeking a Senior Software Engineer II to play a crucial role in building and scaling our flagship product, Canvas. As a key member of our team, you will:
- Lead the design and development of highly scalable, performant, and resilient components for our Canvas platform, directly impacting millions of users worldwide
- Drive architectural decisions and technical strategy for critical high-scale systems, ensuring robustness, efficiency, and future extensibility
- Tackle complex technical challenges in distributed systems and large-scale data processing, supporting infrastructure for billions of asynchronous jobs and tens of billions of queries on MongoDB and Redis
- Champion best practices in software development, including code quality, testing, and deployment, within an agile and fast-paced environment
- Mentor and guide engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning
- Own projects from design through testing and deployment in an agile environment
WHO YOU ARE
You are a highly experienced and impactful software engineer with a proven track record of designing, building, and operating high-scale distributed systems. You thrive in a challenging environment where your expertise directly contributes to the success of a mission-critical product.
Qualifications:
- 7+ years of full-stack development experience, with a strong focus on building and scaling high-traffic, data-intensive web applications
- Strong professional experience with Ruby on Rails
- Professional experience with databases like MongoDB at scale, including schema design, sharding strategies, and operational best practices for large datasets and high query volumes
- Experienced technical leader with a track record of driving architectural decisions and contributing to technical strategy
- Mastery of design patterns, data structures, and algorithms, with the ability to apply them to solve complex, real-world scalability problems
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences and work efectively within cross-functional teams
- A highly motivated self-starter with great organizational skills and a strong commitment to quality and operational excellence.
- Bonus:
- Experience building enterprise-scale SaaS products
- Professional experience with asynchronous job systems like Sidekiq, RabbitMQ, Kafka, SQS, Google Cloud Pub/Sub
- Experience with DevOps operational practices such as kubernetes, AWS resourcing
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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 allows any marketer to collect and take action on any amount of data from any source, so they can creatively engage with customers in real time, across channels from one platform. From cross-channel messaging and journey orchestration to Al-powered experimentation and optimization, Braze enables companies to build and maintain absolutely engaging relationships with their customers that foster growth and loyalty.
Braze is proudly certified as a Great Place to Work® in the U.S., the UK, Australia, and Singapore. In 2025, we were recognized as one of Built In’s Best Places to Work. In 2024, we were included in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Companies to Work For (Top 10%) and recognized in Great Place to Work’s Fortune Best Medium Workplaces, Fortune Best Workplaces in Technology, Fortune Best Workplaces for Parents, and Fortune Best Workplaces for Women.
Additionally, we were featured in Great Place to Work UK’s Best Workplaces, Best Workplaces in Europe, Best Workplaces for Development, Best Workplaces for Wellbeing, Best Workplaces for Women, and Best Workplaces in Technology.
You’ll find many of us at headquarters in New York City or around the world in Austin, Berlin, Bucharest, Chicago, Dubai, Jakarta, London, Paris, San Francisco, Singapore, São Paulo, Seoul, Sydney and Tokyo – not to mention our employees in nearly 50 remote locations.
BRAZE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYERAt 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.
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