Company Name: Attentive

Job Details: $150k-$205k/yrRemoteFull,Time

Job Url: https://hiring.cafe/viewjob/rxpvsng7aonq63xj

Job Description: Posted 1w agoSenior Software Engineer, Messaging Platform@ AttentiveView All JobsWebsiteUnited States$150k-$205k/yrRemoteFull TimeResponsibilities:Design scalable systems, Improve observability, Lead initiativesRequirements Summary:Senior software engineer with 5+ years in distributed systems; backend in Java/Python/Go; experience with messaging/event-driven architectures; Kubernetes/AWS; focus on observability and scalability.Technical Tools Mentioned:Kubernetes, AWS, Java, Spring Boot, Python, Go, DynamoDB, Postgres, Redis, Terraform, Datadog, Istio, GraphQL, React, TypeScript, Pandas, Python ML
Attentive® is the AI marketing platform for 1:1 personalization redefining the way brands and people connect. We’re the only marketing platform that combines powerful technology with human expertise to build authentic customer relationships. By unifying SMS, RCS, email, and push notifications, our AI-powered personalization engine delivers bespoke experiences that drive performance, revenue, and loyalty through real-time behavioral insights.Recognized as the #1 provider in SMS Marketing by G2, Attentive partners with more than 8,000 customers across 70+ industries. Leading global brands like Crate and Barrel, Urban Outfitters, and Carter’s work with us to enable billions of interactions that power tens of billions in revenue for our customers.With a distributed global workforce and employee hubs in New York City, San Francisco, London, and Sydney, Attentive’s team has been consistently recognized for its performance and culture. We’re proud to be included in Deloitte’s Fast 500 (four years running!), LinkedIn’s Top Startups, Forbes’ Cloud 100 (five years running!), and Inc.’s Best Workplaces.About the RoleWe’re looking for a highly driven Senior Software Engineer to join our Streaming team, which powers the backbone of Attentive’s messaging and personalization platform. Our event streaming systems handle over 2 million messages per second and sit at the heart of how product and data engineering teams build real-time, customer-facing experiences.In this role, you’ll help shape the future of our streaming architecture, moving us to modern platforms, and unlocking new capabilities for debugging, load testing, and observability. Your work won’t just keep the pipes flowing  it will directly influence how quickly we can experiment, personalize, and scale across millions of devices and billions of events.About the Role
We’re looking for a highly driven Senior Software Engineer to join our Streaming team, which powers the backbone of Attentive’s messaging and personalization platform. Our event streaming systems handle over 2 million messages per second and sit at the heart of how product and data engineering teams build real-time, customer-facing experiences.

In this role, you’ll help shape the future of our streaming architecture, moving us to modern platforms, and unlocking new capabilities for debugging, load testing, and observability. Your work won’t just keep the pipes flowing  it will directly influence how quickly we can experiment, personalize, and scale across millions of devices and billions of events.
What You'll AccomplishDesign and build scalable, fault-tolerant systems that reliably deliver billions of messages weekly across SMS/RCS, email, and push channelsAnticipate the future needs of the messaging platform and proactively design solutions that support growth, new channels, and evolving compliance requirementServe as a technical connector across engineering, product, infrastructure, and partner teams to deliver high-quality, high-impact platform capabilitiesLead and contribute to company-wide engineering initiatives, including platform reliability, infrastructure modernization, and operational excellenceProvide technical leadership and mentorship, helping engineers grow while reinforcing best practices around system design, testing, and production readinessImprove system observability, performance, and resiliency, reducing operational risk and improving customer trustYour Expertise5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong focus on distributed systems and high-throughput servicesExperience building and operating backend systems in Java, Python, or Go, with a strong grasp of object-oriented design, APIs, and performance optimizationDeep understanding of messaging or event-driven architectures, including queues, streams, retries, idempotency, and failure handlingProven track record of architecting systems at scale, maintaining secure and reliable production services, and setting a high bar for qualityComfortable navigating ambiguity and translating business goals into clear technical plans and deliverablesExcited by large, complex problems and motivated to continuously improve foundational systemsFront End development (Typescript/React)  is an added bonus to help support tooling/observabilityWhat We UseOur infrastructure runs primarily in Kubernetes hosted in AWS’s EKSInfrastructure tooling includes Istio, Datadog, Terraform, CloudFlare, and HelmOur backend is Java / Spring Boot microservices, built with Gradle, coupled with things like DynamoDB, AirFlow, Postgres, and Redis, hosted via AWSOur frontend is built with React and TypeScript, and uses best practices like GraphQL, Storybook, Radix UI, Vite, esbuild, and PlaywrightOur automation is driven by custom and open source machine learning models, lots of data and built with Python, Metaflow, HuggingFace 🤗, PyTorch, TensorFlow, and PandasYou'll get competitive perks and benefits, from health & wellness to equity, to help you bring your best self to work.For US based applicants:- The US base salary range for this full-time position is $150,000 - $205,000 annually + equity + benefits- Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location#LI-AB2Attentive Company ValuesDefault to Action - Move swiftly and with purposeBe One Unstoppable Team - Rally as each other’s championsChampion the Customer - Our success is defined by our customers' successAct Like an Owner - Take responsibility for Attentive’s successLearn more about AWAKE, Attentive’s collective of employee resource groups.If you do not meet all the requirements listed here, we still encourage you to apply! No job description is perfect, and we may also have another opportunity that closely matches your skills and experience.At Attentive, we know that our Company's strength lies in the diversity of our employees. Attentive is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities for all employees, applicants and covered individuals regardless of protected characteristics. We prioritize and maintain a fair, inclusive and equitable workplace free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. Attentive is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities. If you need any assistance or reasonable accommodations, please let your recruiter know.