About the Role
Our Platform Infrastructure team is the backbone of everything we do at Attentive, providing a resilient and cost-effective platform that seamlessly handles billions of events from over 100 million customers daily. We own everything from compute, persistence, and networking to observability and deployments. Joining our team offers a high-growth career opportunity to collaborate with some of the world’s most talented engineers in a high-performance, high-impact culture.
As part of the Infrastructure and Platform organization, the Production Engineering Team is focused on delivering a fast and reliable platform that empowers Attentive engineers to deliver solutions quickly and safely. We build scalable systems that automate routine tasks so we can focus on other impactful efforts. Reliability, scalability, and security are our areas of expertise. We focus on release, observability, and cost optimization. Our mission is to create robust platforms and tools that allow stakeholders to concentrate on delivering exceptional products.
As a Staff Engineer, you will take a strategic role in designing and implementing solutions that enhance the reliability and scalability of our systems, while mentoring others and influencing technical roadmaps across the organization.
What You’ll Accomplish
- Design and Deliver High-Impact Solutions: Design and implement systems that enhance reliability, observability, traceability, and incident management, ensuring the platform scales effectively
- Lead Strategic Initiatives: Take ownership of cross-team collaborations and drive impactful projects by providing technical leadership and guidance
- Partner Across Teams: Collaborate with engineers from AI/ML, Data, Platform, and Product teams to develop best-in-class services
- Partner with engineers from AI/ML, Data, Platform, Product, and other groups to deliver best-in-class services
- Establish Standards and Best Practices: Define and enforce production standards, processes, and tools to ensure operational excellence
- Champion Reliability Goals: Advocate for and implement SLIs, SLOs, and other reliability-focused metrics across the engineering organization
- Mentorship and Knowledge Sharing: Guide and mentor team members, fostering technical growth and helping to develop the next generation of engineering leaders
- Innovate and Inspire: Drive continuous improvement by bringing creative ideas and challenging the status quo
Your Expertise
- 7+ years of experience in Production Engineering, Backend Engineering, SRE, DevOps or similar role
- Strategic visionary: Your strong technical background enables you to look beyond solving the immediate problem, planning for the future.
- Proficient Problem-Solver: Strong coding ability in at least one language (e.g., Golang, Python, Java, Typescript) with the capability to solve complex issues through code
- Track Record of Success: Demonstrated experience delivering medium to large-scale projects that drive meaningful improvements in platform reliability and scalability
- Reliability Expertise: Deep understanding of production reliability concepts, including SLIs, SLOs, and incident management
- Strong Communicator: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across technical and non-technical teams
- Fast-Paced Experience: Familiarity with working in dynamic, reliability-focused production environments (preferred)
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 $180,000 - $240,000 annually + equity + benefits
- Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location
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Skills Required
- 7+ years of experience in Production Engineering, Backend Engineering, SRE, DevOps, or similar role
- Strong coding ability in at least one language (examples given: Golang, Python, Java, TypeScript)
- Demonstrated experience delivering medium to large-scale projects that improve platform reliability and scalability
- Deep understanding of production reliability concepts, including SLIs, SLOs, and incident management
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to influence across technical and non-technical teams
- Strategic systems thinking and ability to design forward-looking, scalable solutions
- Experience mentoring and guiding engineers, fostering technical growth
- Familiarity with working in dynamic, reliability-focused production environments
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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