Senior Software Engineer II, SDKs (Android)

Braze•San Francisco, CA

56d•Hybrid

About The Position

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. The Braze SDKs Engineering Team builds customer engagement SDKs for the world's best known apps and sites. We provide rich APIs for integrating with our system as well as highly functional and flexible user interfaces. Our mission is to relentlessly optimize for performance, ease of integration, clean API design, and reliability. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to partner with our diverse, talented Android team and help us grow together, make future oriented, opinionated architecture decisions and deliver the robust, easy to use SDK that our customers deserve. Additionally, we expect the ideal candidate to be willing and able to go across system boundaries and contribute to our ever growing collection of multi-platform SDKs such as our React Native, Flutter and Unity SDKs.

Requirements

5+ years of professional experience as a Software Engineer
Demonstrable experience planning, building, delivering and maintaining high quality Android software. You should expect to be asked to demonstrate a deep understanding of the ecosystem, including but not limited to topics such as concurrency, performance, remote debugging, build & delivery systems, dependency management, semantic versioning, etc.
Willingness to go beyond Kotlin, in at least one of the following: TypeScript, in the context of React Native Dart, in the context of Flutter C#, in the context of Unity
Excellent verbal and written communication in English. This role will require that you interact with our partners, both internal and external, both technical and non technical. You will be expected to explain complex technical concepts to colleagues and customers that are not Android experts
Demonstrable ability to uplevel your peers via coaching & mentoring

Nice To Haves

Any additional experience and interest in Braze's other client languages is a plus: Swift Other JS based systems (web, ReactJS)
Willingness to contribute to Braze's backend systems: Ruby Golang
Experience participating, contributing, or maintaining open source repositories, in particular communicating with third party contributors
Experience working in a distributed work environment

Benefits

Competitive compensation that may include 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
Professional development supported by formal career pathing, learning platforms, and a yearly learning stipend
A curated in-office employee experience, designed to foster community, team connections, and innovation
Opportunities to give back to your community, including an annual company-wide Volunteer Week and donation matching
Employee Resource Groups that provide supportive communities within Braze
Collaborative, transparent, and fun culture recognized as a Great Place to Work