Principal Software Engineer, Search Optimization
Attentive
Attentive® is the AI-powered mobile marketing platform transforming the way brands personalize consumer engagement. Attentive enables marketers to craft tailored journeys for every subscriber, driving higher recurring revenue and maximizing campaign performance. Activating real-time data from multiple channels and advanced AI, the platform personalizes content, tone, and timing to deliver 1:1 messages that truly resonate.
With a top-rated customer success team recognized on G2, Attentive partners with marketers to provide strategic guidance and optimize SMS and email campaigns. Trusted by leading global brands like Neiman Marcus, Samsung, Wayfair, and Dyson, Attentive ensures enterprise-grade compliance and deliverability, supporting trillions of interactions across more than 70 industries. To learn more or request a demo, visit or follow us on , (formerly Twitter), or .
Attentive’s growth has been recognized by , and all thanks to the hard work from our global employees!
Who we areOur 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 Principal Software Engineer, you will be responsible for leading the design, development, and deployment of distributed data applications and contributing towards the betterment of engineering culture at Attentive. You will partner closely with cross-functional teams to create our high-impact search platform, delivering personalized experiences for our clients and their customers. Your role will also include mentoring engineers, driving technical excellence, and contributing to strategic planning for the engineering department.
This team is building the search platform that empowers our clients to curate audience segments, which Attentive uses across the platform to personalize content. By delivering more relevant and engaging messages, this drives higher performance for our clients and better experiences for their customers.Why Attentive needs youAnticipate and advocate for the future of the Attentive platform, partnering with peers to proactively design solutionsBe the technical connector across engineering, product, and design to ensure we deliver high quality software, and innovative, impactful productsContribute to company-wide engineering initiatives, including process improvements, infrastructure upgrades, and system enhancementsProvide technical leadership and mentorship to a team of engineers, ensuring growth and adherence to best practicesMultiply the effectiveness of others by facilitating cross-team workReduce the complexity of projects in order to get more done with less workAbout you10+ years experience as a Software Engineer with a focus on high throughput distributed systemsYou have expertise developing with Java, Python, or Go and strong understanding of object-oriented design, algorithms, and optimizationYou are knowledgeable about data modeling, data access, and data storage with relational and non-relational databasesYou have a proven track record of architecting applications at scale, maintaining secure reliable infrastructure, and setting a high bar for quality You are excited by the big, hard problems and look forward to identifying the areas of greatest need and creating plans to improve themYou are an empathetic communicator who can work seamlessly with technical and non-technical stakeholdersYou are comfortable with ambiguity and are adept at using business goals to turn that ambiguity into clear deliverablesOur scale 8,000 brands powered by Attentive sent over 2.2 billion text messages over Cyber Week 2023 (Black Friday/Cyber Monday) representing a growth of 31% from 2022We sent 32 billion SMS messages in 2023, up 32% YoY. That’s an average of 87 million per dayOur production cluster contains over 18,000 containers which serve 200+ servicesOur streaming services process over 80 billion events per monthWhat we useWe use a wide variety of technology and we’re always looking for the best solutions to solve hard problemsOur backend is Java / Spring Boot microservices, built with Gradle, coupled with things like DynamoDB, Pulsar, AirFlow, Postgres, Planetscale, and Redis, hosted via AWSOur frontend is built with React and TypeScript, and uses best practices like GraphQL, Storybook, Radix UI, Vite, esbuild, and PlaywrightYou'll get competitive , 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 $193,800 - $285,000 annually + equity + benefits- Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location
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Attentive Company ValuesDefault to Action - Move swiftly and with purposeBe One Unstoppable Team - Rally as each other’s championsChampion the Customer - Our success is defined by our customers' successAct Like an Owner - Take responsibility for Attentive’s success
Learn more about , Attentive’s collective of employee resource groups.
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 Company's 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.
With a top-rated customer success team recognized on G2, Attentive partners with marketers to provide strategic guidance and optimize SMS and email campaigns. Trusted by leading global brands like Neiman Marcus, Samsung, Wayfair, and Dyson, Attentive ensures enterprise-grade compliance and deliverability, supporting trillions of interactions across more than 70 industries. To learn more or request a demo, visit or follow us on , (formerly Twitter), or .
Attentive’s growth has been recognized by , and all thanks to the hard work from our global employees!
Who we areOur 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 Principal Software Engineer, you will be responsible for leading the design, development, and deployment of distributed data applications and contributing towards the betterment of engineering culture at Attentive. You will partner closely with cross-functional teams to create our high-impact search platform, delivering personalized experiences for our clients and their customers. Your role will also include mentoring engineers, driving technical excellence, and contributing to strategic planning for the engineering department.
This team is building the search platform that empowers our clients to curate audience segments, which Attentive uses across the platform to personalize content. By delivering more relevant and engaging messages, this drives higher performance for our clients and better experiences for their customers.Why Attentive needs youAnticipate and advocate for the future of the Attentive platform, partnering with peers to proactively design solutionsBe the technical connector across engineering, product, and design to ensure we deliver high quality software, and innovative, impactful productsContribute to company-wide engineering initiatives, including process improvements, infrastructure upgrades, and system enhancementsProvide technical leadership and mentorship to a team of engineers, ensuring growth and adherence to best practicesMultiply the effectiveness of others by facilitating cross-team workReduce the complexity of projects in order to get more done with less workAbout you10+ years experience as a Software Engineer with a focus on high throughput distributed systemsYou have expertise developing with Java, Python, or Go and strong understanding of object-oriented design, algorithms, and optimizationYou are knowledgeable about data modeling, data access, and data storage with relational and non-relational databasesYou have a proven track record of architecting applications at scale, maintaining secure reliable infrastructure, and setting a high bar for quality You are excited by the big, hard problems and look forward to identifying the areas of greatest need and creating plans to improve themYou are an empathetic communicator who can work seamlessly with technical and non-technical stakeholdersYou are comfortable with ambiguity and are adept at using business goals to turn that ambiguity into clear deliverablesOur scale 8,000 brands powered by Attentive sent over 2.2 billion text messages over Cyber Week 2023 (Black Friday/Cyber Monday) representing a growth of 31% from 2022We sent 32 billion SMS messages in 2023, up 32% YoY. That’s an average of 87 million per dayOur production cluster contains over 18,000 containers which serve 200+ servicesOur streaming services process over 80 billion events per monthWhat we useWe use a wide variety of technology and we’re always looking for the best solutions to solve hard problemsOur backend is Java / Spring Boot microservices, built with Gradle, coupled with things like DynamoDB, Pulsar, AirFlow, Postgres, Planetscale, and Redis, hosted via AWSOur frontend is built with React and TypeScript, and uses best practices like GraphQL, Storybook, Radix UI, Vite, esbuild, and PlaywrightYou'll get competitive , 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 $193,800 - $285,000 annually + equity + benefits- Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location
#LI-JK1
Attentive Company ValuesDefault to Action - Move swiftly and with purposeBe One Unstoppable Team - Rally as each other’s championsChampion the Customer - Our success is defined by our customers' successAct Like an Owner - Take responsibility for Attentive’s success
Learn more about , Attentive’s collective of employee resource groups.
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 Company's 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.
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