About the Role
Our Engineering team creates innovative product experiences that power personalized marketing at massive scale. We develop cutting-edge applications and systems that process 100s of billions of messages and events per year, enabling marketers to connect effectively with hundreds of millions of consumers. Joining our team offers a high-growth career opportunity to work with some of the world’s most talented engineers in a high-performance and high-impact culture.
As a Senior Software Engineer in our Intelligent Messaging, you will pioneer the future of personalized 1:1 marketing by architecting robust, scalable backend systems powered by advanced AI and LLMs, including cutting-edge Generative AI and GPT technologies. Collaborating with top-tier engineers, data scientists, product managers, and designers, you’ll craft the foundation and reshape the platform of multi-channel messaging experimentation to support innovative, AI-driven applications that empower marketers to forge deep, meaningful connections with consumers at scale. Your impactful work will drive the delivery of billions of tailored messages, transforming consumer shopping experiences and fueling success for the world’s leading brands.
What You’ll Accomplish
- Develop and maintain scalable backend systems for our customer-facing products, ensuring high performance and reliability.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build applications that support multi-channel communications for marketers.
- Implement and optimize systems that process and deliver billions of messages daily.
- Improve code quality through code reviews, testing, and advocating for best practices.
- Identify and address technical debt to ensure the long-term health of our codebase.
- Drive architectural design and technical decisions, and stay current with emerging technologies to enhance our products.
Your Expertise
- 5+ years of professional experience in software development focusing on backend systems.
- Proficiency in Java, Python, or Go, with a strong understanding of object-oriented programming.
- Experience building and maintaining scalable, high-performance applications.
- Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Solid understanding of software development best practices, including code reviews, writing tests, and continuous integration.
Nice to Haves
- Experience with service-oriented architecture and distributed systems.
- Familiarity with AWS services and cloud infrastructure.
- Knowledge of databases such as DynamoDB, Postgres, or Redis.
- Experience with messaging systems or streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka, Pulsar).
- Familiarity with frontend development with React and TypeScript.
- Experience with DevOps practices and tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
What We Use
- Our infrastructure runs primarily in Kubernetes hosted in AWS’s EKS.
- Infrastructure tooling includes Istio, Datadog,Terraform, CloudFlare, and Helm.
- Our backend is Java / Spring Boot microservices, built with Gradle, coupled with things like DynamoDB, Kinesis, AirFlow, Postgres, Planetscale, and Redis, hosted via AWS.
- Our 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 Pandas.
You'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 $190,000 - $230,000 annually + equity + benefits
- Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location
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Skills Required
- 5+ years professional software development experience focusing on backend systems
- Proficiency in Java, Python, or Go
- Experience building and maintaining scalable, high-performance applications
- Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams
- Solid understanding of software development best practices including code reviews, testing, and CI
- Experience with service-oriented architecture and distributed systems
- Familiarity with AWS services and cloud infrastructure
- Knowledge of databases such as DynamoDB, Postgres, or Redis
- Experience with messaging systems or streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka, Pulsar)
- Familiarity with frontend development using React and TypeScript
- Experience with DevOps practices and tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
Attentive Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Attentive and has not been reviewed or approved by Attentive.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, plus a fully covered One Medical membership and mental health resources. Employer-paid options and added wellness stipends indicate strong support for physical and mental wellbeing.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity grants are described as significant and a meaningful component of total compensation. Market-value cash pay paired with stock helps position overall packages as competitive.
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Parental & Family Support — Generous paid parental leave, fertility and family-forming benefits, and supports such as Milk Stork and travel reimbursement for necessary medical care are offered. These provisions signal robust support for families across different needs.
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What We Do
Attentive® is the AI marketing platform for leading brands, designed to optimize message performance through 1:1 SMS and email interactions. Infusing intelligence at every stage of the consumer’s purchasing journey, Attentive empowers businesses to achieve hyper-personalized communication with their customers on a large scale. Leveraging AI-powered tools, a mobile-first approach, two-way conversations, and enterprise-grade technology, Attentive drives billions in online revenue for brands around the globe. Trusted by over 8,000 leading brands such as CB2, Urban Outfitters, GUESS, Dickey’s Barbeque Pit, and Wyndham Resort, Attentive is the go-to solution for delivering powerful commerce experiences for consumers with the brands they love. To learn more about Attentive or to request a demo, visit www.attentive.com or follow us on LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), or Instagram.
Why Work With Us
At Attentive, you'll connect with inspiring, high-caliber people, and be encouraged to take risks, get creative, and think bigger. We're solving big problems for our customers, through our innovative AI solutions, giving employees the opportunity to thrive along the journey. The sky's the limit when it comes to what's possible.
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