Engineering Manager, Core Objects
Braze (Nasdaq: BRZE) is a leading, comprehensive customer engagement platform that powers interactions between consumers and brands they love. With Braze, global brands like Burger King, Delivery Hero, HBO Max, Mercari, and Venmo can ingest and process customer data in real time, orchestrate and optimize contextually relevant, cross-channel marketing campaigns, and continuously evolve their customer engagement strategies. And we do it at scale – last fiscal year our customers used Braze to send approximately 1.5 trillion messages to billions of monthly active users.
But we’re so much more than our platform. Although we’ve recently grown to a team of over 1,300 people, Braze still buzzes with energy, collaboration, and transparency. We value curiosity, individuality, and tenacity—as part of the team, you’ll be encouraged to take your seat at the table and create your own destiny. Our values are inspired by our employees, which means Braze is a place where you can truly be yourself. We're growing, with a focus on building for the long term under tenured leadership and continuing to evolve for the better.
Need more proof? Braze is proudly certified as a Great Place to Work® in the U.S. and the UK. In 2022, Braze ranked #1 on Fortune’s Best Small and Medium Workplace in New York, #5 on Fortune’s Best Workplaces for Millennials in the US, and #11 on Fortune’s Best Medium Sized Workplace for Women in the UK.
You’ll find many of us at headquarters in New York City or around the world in Austin, Berlin, Chicago, London, Paris, San Francisco, Singapore, Tokyo, and Toronto.
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
Our products rely on sophisticated real-time and batch processing of massive amounts of data and instrumenting that data to provide analytics, automated decision making, and an industry leading customer engagement tool.
We're looking for an experienced Engineering Manager for our Core Objects team, to lead them through tackling significant engineering challenges, such as: extending our high-scale ingestion pipeline to ingest new and advanced data objects, optimizing performance and cost, and owning a complex backend system built to handle data at scale.
You will build and maintain best-in-class systems, by helping architect, develop, and optimize our product. You’ll own your team’s success by shaping their process, supporting engineers’ growth, and working closely with the team’s product manager and designer to keep team efforts on target for product goals.
WHO YOU ARE:
- 5+ years of fullstack development experience with a strong track record of success, with 1+ years managing high performing teams
- Experienced technical leader with strong and good opinions on product development practices
- Passionate about customer experience and product delivery
- Calm, patient, considerate, compassionate, supportive, and inspiring leader
- A self starter with great communication and strong organizational skills, able to manage competing priorities and multiple streams of work at once
- Experience with agile processes and tools
Bonus:
- Professional experience building software at scale
- Experience with distributed systems, Go, MongoDB, Redis, Postgres, Datadog, EC2, Kubernetes, React, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, could all be beneficial
For candidates based in the United States, the pay range for this position at the start of employment is expected to be between $191,000 and $238,000/year with an expected On Target Earnings (OTE) between $225,000 and $250,000/year (including bonus or commission). Your exact offer may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition to cash compensation, Braze offers full- and part- time employees a comprehensive Total Rewards package that includes equity grants of restricted stock (RSUs) so that all Braze employees own a piece of our company.
WHAT WE OFFER
From comprehensive benefits to remote availability to flexible time off, we’ve got you covered so you can prioritize work-life harmony.
- Competitive compensation that includes 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
- Global presence, dog-friendly offices, and remote availability
- Professional development supported by formal career pathing, learning platforms, and tuition reimbursement
- Community engagement opportunities throughout the year, including an annual company wide Volunteerism Week
- Employee Resource Groups that provide supportive communities within Braze
- Collaborative, transparent, and fun culture recognized as a Great Place to Work®
Details of these benefit plans will be provided if a candidate receives an offer of employment. Benefits may vary by location.
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