About this role
At Braze, we have found our people. We’re a genuinely approachable, exceptionally kind, and intensely passionate crew.
We seek to ignite that passion by setting high standards, championing teamwork, and creating work-life harmony as we collectively navigate rapid growth on a global scale while striving for greater equity and opportunity – inside and outside our organization.
To flourish here, you must be prepared to set a high bar for yourself and those around you. There is always a way to contribute: Acting with autonomy, having accountability and being open to new perspectives are essential to our continued success.
Our deep curiosity to learn and our eagerness to share diverse passions with others gives us balance and injects a one-of-a-kind vibrancy into our culture.
If you are driven to solve exhilarating challenges and have a bias toward action in the face of change, you will be empowered to make a real impact here, with a sharp and passionate team at your back. If Braze sounds like a place where you can thrive, we can’t wait to meet you.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Core Data Objects are at the base of Braze's product offering and power our industry-leading customer engagement tool. The Core Objects team owns our customers' most valuable data structures - the foundation that enables them to use Braze most effectively and implement their most innovative strategies.
The team extensively integrates AI into its daily workflow, leveraging agentic tools to navigate our large Ruby monolith, create proof of concepts, and transition quickly and safely from an ask to a working solution. AI has been used across all stages of product delivery, fundamentally enhancing the team’s ability to deliver high-quality results more efficiently.
We're looking for a Staff Fullstack Engineer to join the Core Objects team as a hands-on technical leader. You will drive the architecture, scalability, and performance of a complex, high-scale backend system that underpins our entire product offering. You’ll support the development of new, advanced data objects, optimize performance and cost, and shape how core data structures evolve at Braze. Your responsibilities will include:
• Architect & Build: conceive, design, and implement large-scale systems and services that handle massive data volumes and complex workloads in real time, including extending our high-scale ingestion pipeline to ingest new and advanced data objects
• Own Core Systems: take ownership of the complex backend systems behind Braze's core data objects, continuously improving their performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness
• Mentor & Influence: lead by example and mentor engineers on best practices in software design, coding, and operations
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: work closely with other engineering teams, product managers, and stakeholders to ensure core data systems are effectively integrated and aligned with business objectives
• Innovate & Optimize: continuously identif