Braze
Senior Lead Systems Engineer
$111K–$193K
Chicago +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 5, 2026
- Location
- Chicago
New York City - Experience
- 8+ years designing enterprise-scale integrations and automation across modern SaaS environments.
About the job
Leads enterprise systems engineering by building scalable integrations, automation, and AI-powered workflows that improve employee IT experiences and operational efficiency.
What you'll do
- Design and deliver enterprise integrations, APIs, middleware, and event-driven workflows across SaaS platforms.
- Build intelligent automation, conversational IT, self-service experiences, and reusable internal tooling.
- Shape enterprise platform strategy and architecture, ensure governance and operational reliability, and provide technical leadership.
What they ask for
- 8+ years designing enterprise-scale integrations and automation across modern SaaS environments.
- Strong software engineering background building APIs, integrations, automation, or platform services; proficient in one or more programming languages such as Python, Go, TypeScript, or JavaScript.
- Experience with REST APIs, webhooks, OAuth, SCIM, GraphQL, and modern authentication standards.
- Experience designing scalable architectures and collaborating across engineering, security, infrastructure, and business teams.
Nice to have
- Experience implementing AI agents, MCP integrations, LLM-powered workflows, or enterprise AI platforms.
- Experience with Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, cloud automation, event-driven architectures, message queues, serverless technologies, or cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
Pay
$111,000 and $174,000/year (base salary); $123,000 and $193,000/year (OTE)
Tools
Python, Go, TypeScript, JavaScript, REST APIs, OAuth, SCIM, GraphQL
AI focus
Design and implement AI-powered automation, agentic workflows, conversational IT, and intelligent enterprise integrations; evaluate and pilot LLMs, MCP integrations, and agent frameworks. The posting also describes AI-assisted recruiting tools.
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