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Senior Software Engineer I

Join Braze as a Senior Software Engineer I to build impactful frontend infrastructure and product experiences in a collaborative environment.

Location
New York City, United States
Compensation
$128.8k–$209.4k/yr
Level
senior
Type
full time

Posted by employer 2 days ago

First seen on Joblaze 17 hours ago

Last verified on the company career page 17 hours ago

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What you'll build

  • Design and build foundational frontend systems, components, tools, and patterns
  • Lead large projects end-to-end
  • Improve the developer experience of working in a large TypeScript and React codebase
  • Build customer-facing product experiences
  • Mentor other engineers through code review and technical guidance

Must have

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience
  • Highly skilled in modern frontend development, especially TypeScript and React
  • Experience building reusable frontend systems, components, tools, or infrastructure
  • Care deeply about user experience, accessibility, performance, and maintainability
  • Comfortable working in a large frontend codebase with many stakeholders
  • Communicate clearly and collaborate well across teams

Nice to have

  • Experience building design systems or component libraries
  • Experience with frontend testing frameworks such as Cypress or Jest
  • Experience with code generation, linting, codemods, or other developer tooling
  • Experience with internationalization, localization, or accessibility
  • Experience with Ruby on Rails

AI in the day-to-day

We use AI-assisted tools at certain stages of our recruitment process.

Requirements

Experience
5+ years

Not disclosed in this posting: work arrangement, visa sponsorship.

Benefits

Employee Resource Groups that provide supportive communities within Braze Opportunities to give back to your community, including an annual company-wide Volunteer Week and donation matching Flexible Paid Time Off Comprehensive benefit plans covering medical, dental, vision, life, and disability Competitive compensation that may include equity Professional development supported by formal career pathing, learning platforms, and a yearly learning stipend Family services that include fertility benefits and equal paid parental leave Retirement and Employee Stock Purchase Plans

Joblaze summary

In the role of Senior Software Engineer I at Braze, the individual will focus on developing foundational frontend systems and enhancing user experiences across the company's platform. Proficiency in TypeScript and React is essential, along with a strong background in building reusable frontend components and tools. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with over five years of experience who are comfortable navigating complex codebases and collaborating with diverse teams. The FIX team is integral to Braze's growth, emphasizing quality and accessibility in product development.

Joblaze insights

  • Listed today — first seen on Joblaze September 19, 2026. Last confirmed on Braze's careers page September 19, 2026.
  • Salary band is below the typical range for Frontend roles (median ~$181,000).
  • Starts above 4% of 45 comparable senior frontend roles in United States that list React we track (median $190,800 across 27 companies). See React salary trends
  • React appears in 81.4% of 70 comparable senior frontend roles in United States; Jest appears in 2.9% of 70 comparable senior frontend roles in United States.

Quick facts

What's the salary range?
Braze lists $128,842–$209,368 for this role.
How much experience is required?
At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Senior Software Engineer I role.
What's the tech stack?
Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Cypress, Jest, RSpec, React, Ruby on Rails, TypeScript.
What seniority level is this role?
Braze targets senior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?
Full-time for this Senior Software Engineer I role at Braze.

From the original posting

At Braze, we have found our people. We’re a genuinely approachable, exceptionally kind, and intensely passionate crew.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Braze’s product is the control center for thousands of the world’s most sophisticated marketing teams. The Frontend Infrastructure & Experience (FIX) team builds the platform foundations that every product engineer relies on and owns key parts of the end-user experience.

The team makes it easy for engineers across Braze to build polished, accessible, and consistent UIs. FIX owns our design system and component library, internationalization stack, code generation and scaffolding tooling, and the navigation and routing layer of the product. The team also owns key customer-facing experiences including our data tables and our rich text, drag-and-drop, and code editors.

As a Senior Engineer on FIX, you will build high-impact frontend infrastructure and product experiences used across Braze. You will lead important projects from design through rollout, raise the quality bar through technical judgment and code review, and help other engineers move faster by making the product easier to build, test, and maintain.

In this role you will:

  • Design and build foundational frontend systems, components, tools, and patterns used by engineers across Braze
  • Lead large projects end-to-end, including technical design, implementation, testing, rollout, and operational follow-through
  • Improve the developer experience of working in a large TypeScript and React codebase through better abstractions, tooling, documentation, and examples
  • Build customer-facing product experiences that are polished, accessible, performant, and consistent with Braze’s product standards
  • Partner with product engineers, designers, and infrastructure teams to solve cross-cutting frontend problems
  • Mentor other engineers through code review, pairing, technical guidance, and clear communication

Recent and ongoing work on the team includes:

  • Developing the framework used to build our marketing message editors
  • Enabling our in-app AI harness to create, modify, and test messages in our Drag-and-Drop message editors
  • Migrating the navigation and routing layer to a fully React-based system
  • Extending the design system with semantic tokens and supporting a product rebrand
  • Building type-safe scaffolding and API tooling for frontend development
  • Advancing accessibility, localization, and consistency across product experiences

Parts of our stack with which you will work:

  • TypeScript, React
  • Cypress, Jest, RSpec
  • Frontend build, packaging, and code generation tooling
  • Ruby on Rails

WHO YOU ARE

  • Have 5+ years of software engineering experience with a strong track record of technical impact
  • Are highly skilled in modern frontend development, especially TypeScript and React
  • Have experience building reusable frontend systems, components, tools, or infrastructure
  • Care deeply about user experience, accessibility, performance, and maintainability
  • Are comfortable working in a large frontend codebase with many stakeholders
  • Communicate clearly, collaborate well across teams, and help raise the technical bar for those around you
  • Bonus experience
    • Experience building design systems or component libraries
    • Experience with frontend testing frameworks such as Cypress or Jest
    • Experience with code generation, linting, codemods, or other developer tooling
    • Experience with internationalization, localization, or accessibility
    • Experience with Ruby on Rails

For candidates based in the United States, the pay range for this position at the start of employment is expected to be between $128,842 and $209,368/year with an expected On Target Earnings (OTE) between $144,000 and $234,000/year (including bonus or commission). Your exact offer may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition to cash compensation, this role qualifies for a comprehensive Total Rewards package that includes equity grants of restricted stock (RSUs) so that you will own a piece of our company.

WHAT WE OFFER

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