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Senior Software Engineer, Intelligent Messaging, AI Journeys

Attentive

Job Location:

San Francisco, CA - USA

Yearly Salary: $ 190000 - 230000

Posted: 22 August 2026 (14 days ago)

Application Deadline: 19 November 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Attentive is the AI marketing platform for 1:1 personalization redefining the way brands and people connect. Were the only marketing platform that combines powerful technology with human expertise to build authentic customer relationships. By unifying SMS RCS email and push notifications our AI-powered personalization engine delivers bespoke experiences that drive performance revenue and loyalty through real-time behavioral insights.

Recognized as the#1provider in SMS Marketing by G2 Attentive partners with more than 8000 customers across 70 industries. Leading global brands like Crate and Barrel Urban Outfitters and Carters work with us to enable billions of interactions that power tens of billions in revenue for our customers.

With a distributed global workforce and employee hubs in New York City San Francisco London and Sydney Attentives team has been consistently recognized for its performance and culture. Were proud to be included inDeloittes Fast 500(four years running!)LinkedIns Top StartupsForbes Cloud 100 (five years running!)Inc.s Best Workplaces and the Human Rights Campaign Foundations Corporate Equality Index!

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 worlds 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 youll 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 worlds leading brands.

What Youll 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 AWSs EKS.
Infrastructure tooling includes Istio DatadogTerraform 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.

Youll get competitiveperks 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 $190000 - $230000 annually equity benefits
Our salary ranges are determined by role level and location

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Attentive Company Values

Default to Action - Move swiftly and with purpose

Be One Unstoppable Team - Rally as each others champions

Champion the Customer - Our success is defined by our customers success

Act Like an Owner- Take responsibility for Attentives success

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If you do not meet all the requirements listed here we still encourage you to apply! No job description is perfect and we may also have another opportunity that closely matches your skills and experience.

At Attentive we know that our Companys strength lies in the diversity of our employees. Attentive is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities for all employees applicants and covered individuals regardless of protected characteristics. We prioritize and maintain a fair inclusive and equitable workplace free from discrimination harassment and retaliation. Attentive is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities. If you need any assistance or reasonable accommodations please let your recruiter know.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

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