Braze
Senior Software Engineer I
$140K–$258K
San Francisco +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco
New York City - Experience
- 5+ years of full-stack development experience.
About the job
Build, maintain, and evolve Braze’s large-scale Currents data export system, a Kafka-based event pipeline used for near-real-time customer analytics.
What you'll do
- Bring engineering projects from concept through production.
- Improve and operate high-scale data streaming systems.
- Mentor engineers and collaborate across the team.
What they ask for
- Experience building foundational systems at scale and leading software projects that advance organizational goals.
- Experience with Kafka at scale or comparable technology.
- Professional experience with distributed systems and/or microservices.
- Strong communication, organizational, mentoring, and collaborative teamwork skills.
Nice to have
- Java, Kotlin, Confluent, or React experience.
Pay
$140,400 and $232,200/year (base salary); $156,000 and $258,000/year (total pay, OTE including bonus or commission)
Tools
Kafka, Java, Kotlin, Confluent, React
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