Remote Platform Software Engineer

Description:

• Braze is seeking a Platform Software Engineer (PSWE) to build, maintain, and evolve their internal infrastructure as a service platform.
• The role involves applying sound engineering principles, operational discipline, and mature automation to infrastructure services.
• Responsibilities include partnering with engineering teams to define and implement IaaS products, developing Braze's internal IaaS platform, and managing incidents.
• The PSWE will help improve infrastructure reliability via automation and empower other engineering teams to leverage the infrastructure products created.
• The technology stack includes Ruby on Rails, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, and Kubernetes.
• The position requires collaboration with both the PSWE team and consumer engineering teams to continuously improve the infrastructure platform.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 5+ years of full-stack development experience.
• A strong understanding of systems, including interfaces, boundaries, edge cases, and failure modes is essential.
• The ability to collaborate, document, and deliver quickly is required.
• Experience working with global remote teams and asynchronous collaboration is necessary.
• Candidates should have a proactive attitude towards fixing issues and a desire to automate challenges faced by software engineers.
• Excellent multitasking and expectation management skills are required.
• Experience with large-scale API-driven systems and application/systems observability is necessary.
• Familiarity with building and automating Kubernetes-based operators/custom resources is required.

Benefits:

• Braze offers competitive compensation that may include equity.
• Employees have access to retirement and Employee Stock Purchase Plans.
• The company provides flexible paid time off and comprehensive benefit plans covering medical, dental, vision, life, and disability.
• Family services include fertility benefits and equal paid parental leave.
• Professional development is supported through formal career pathing, learning platforms, and tuition reimbursement.
• Employees can engage in community opportunities, including an annual company-wide Volunteer Week.
• Braze fosters a collaborative, transparent, and fun culture, recognized as a Great Place to Work®.