Braze
Senior Software Engineer I
$140K–$258K
Chicago +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Location
- Chicago
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 to production.
- Improve existing high-scale systems.
- Build and operate a critical data streaming system.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of full-stack development experience.
- Experience building foundational systems at scale and leading significant software projects.
- Experience with Kafka at scale or comparable technology.
- Professional experience with distributed systems and/or microservices.
Nice to have
- Experience with Java, Kotlin, Confluent, or React.
Pay
$140,400 and $232,200/year (base salary); $156,000 and $258,000/year (total pay, including bonus or commission)
Tools
Kafka, Java, Kotlin, Confluent, React
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