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Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Attentive

Job Location:

San Francisco, CA - USA

Yearly Salary: $ 221187 - 280000

Posted: 2 August 2026 (30+ days ago)

Application Deadline: 2 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!

Develop and maintain scalable backend and data systems that power personalized messaging decisions across millions of subscribers
Partner with data scientists and ML engineers to produce models for send-time optimization and subscriber engagement propensity
Optimize real-time and batch pipelines for performance reliability and operational robustness at scale
Improve feedback loops and experimentation frameworks to continuously enhance personalization performance
Drive engineering best practices in large-scale distributed systems experimentation and highscale personalization infrastructure
Improve code quality through code reviews testing and advocating for best practices
Contribute to and help shape technical decisions and stay current with emerging technologies to enhance our products
Participate in on-call and production support for multiple service domains triaging and resolving incidents and customer-facing issues
Collaborate cross-functionally with product design and analytics to ship impactful data driven features. Build amazing consumer experiences taking responsibility for code quality scalability reliability and performance.
Telecommuting permitted 2 days per week
When not telecommuting must report to 114 Sansome Street 10th Floor San Francisco CA 94104

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelors degree or U.S. equivalent in Computer Science Computer Engineering or a related field plus 7 years of professional experience as a Software Engineer Software Developer or any occupation job title position performing backend software development and building distributed systems.

Must also have experience with the following special skills:

7 years of professional experience performing software development using Java and Python
7 years of professional experience performing object-oriented programming (including designing developing and maintaining scalable high-performance applications) while adhering to established quality standards (including code reviews automated testing and continuous integration practices)
7 years of professional experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (including product analytics and engineering) to deliver data-driven software solutions
7 years of professional experience utilizing databases and data platforms (including DynamoDB PostgreSQL and Redis) in conjunction with messaging and streaming systems (including Kafka)
5 years of professional experience designing developing and supporting service-oriented architecture (SOA) (including RESTful web services SOAP-based services and Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)) and distributed systems (including AWS services and cloud infrastructure)
5 years of professional experience performing DevOps practices and utilizing related tools (including Docker and Kubernetes) to support deployment scalability and system reliability and 3 years of professional experience utilizing front-end engineering technologies (including React and Typescript) to support full-stack integration

Please submit resume online at: or via email to Must specify Ad Code PGJG

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 $221187- $280000 per year. 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

Learn more about AWAKE Attentives 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 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:

Staff IC

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