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!
About the Attentive TeamHave you ever received a text message from your favorite brand with an incredible offer?  Did you know that text message marketing delivers the highest ROI of any marketing channel?  And that more customers than ever prefer to connect with brands via text?  That is what we do at Attentive.  We empower the world’s leading brands to engage with their customers at the right moment, with the right message. Our platform powers more than 400 million messages every day, approaching 100 billion annually.
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About the RoleOur 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.
You will collaborate with talented engineers, product managers, and designers to create innovative applications that empower marketers to meaningfully connect with consumers. As a software engineer in our NYC-based product organization, you’ll have the opportunity to join one of two groups shaping the future of messaging:
In our Core Channels group, you will work to shape the future of personalized marketing by building scalable backend systems for our customer-facing messaging products. Your work will directly influence the delivery of billions of messages, enhancing consumer experiences and driving success for leading global brands.
In our Customer Growth group, you will build systems that personalize the journeys of end users across nearly a billion page views daily. You will work with a cross-functional team to build AI products that enable marketers to acquire subscribers and deliver revenue growth for their businesses.What You’ll AccomplishDevelop and maintain scalable backend systems for our top customer-facing products  Implement and optimize systems that process and deliver billions of messages daily, ensuring high performance and reliabilityCollaborate with cross-functional teams to build applications that support communication channels for marketersImprove code quality through code reviews, testing, and advocating for best practicesIdentify and address technical debt to ensure the long-term health of our codebaseContribute to technical decisions and stay current with emerging technologies to enhance our productsYour Expertise3+ years of professional experience in software development focusing on backend systemsStrong understanding of object-oriented programming, with proficiency in a typed language such as Java/Kotlin, Typescript, or C++/C# Experience building and maintaining scalable, high-performance applicationsYou have development experience with databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQLProven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teamsSolid understanding of software development best practices, including code reviews, writing tests, and continuous integrationYou are excited by new technologies but are conscious of choosing them for the right reasonsNice to HavesExperience with Service-oriented architecture and distributed systemsFamiliarity with AWS services and cloud infrastructureKnowledge of databases such as DynamoDB, Postgres, or RedisExperience with messaging systems or streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka, Pulsar)Familiarity with frontend development with ReactExperience with DevOps practices and tools such as Docker and KubernetesWhat We UseOur infrastructure runs primarily in Kubernetes hosted in AWS’s EKSInfrastructure tooling includes Istio, Datadog,Terraform, CloudFlare, and HelmOur backend is Java / Spring Boot microservices, built with Gradle, coupled with things like DynamoDB, Kinesis, 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 PlaywrightOur automation is driven by custom and open source machine learning models, lots of data and built with Python, Metaflow, HuggingFace