✦ Luna Orbit — Software Engineering

Senior Platform Software Engineer I

at Braze

📍 San Francisco Onsite Posted March 19, 2026
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Position Details

Type Full-Time
Experience mid
Exp. Years 5+ years
Education Not specified
Category Software Engineering

About this role

This role involves designing and maintaining large-scale distributed processing systems at Braze, focusing on reliability, scalability, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop distributed processing frameworks
  • Improve system reliability
  • Manage incident response
  • Enhance observability
  • Collaborate with application teams

Technical Overview

The environment includes Ruby on Rails, Go, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, and Kubernetes, with a focus on background job processing and system observability.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior software engineer with over 5 years of experience in distributed systems, proficient in Kubernetes, Ruby on Rails, and background processing frameworks. They should have a strong understanding of scalable infrastructure and incident management.

Must-Have Skills

5+ years of distributed systemsExperience with KubernetesExperience with Ruby on RailsExperience with background processing systemsExperience with scalable distributed systems

Nice-to-Have Skills

Experience with KafkaExperience with RedisExperience with MongoDBExperience with system observability toolsExperience with incident management

Tools & Platforms

KubernetesPagerDutySidekiqMongoDBRedisKafka

Required Skills

distributed systemskubernetesruby on railskafkaredismongodbautoscalingmetrics pipelinesjob executionobservabilitydebuggingpagerduty

Hard Skills

Ruby on RailsGoMongoDBRedisKafkaKubernetesSidekiqDistributed SystemsBackground ProcessingAutoscalingMetrics PipelinesJob ExecutionObservabilityDebuggingPagerDuty

Soft Skills

collaborationproblem-solvingautonomyaccountabilitycommunicationteamwork

Industry & Role

Industry SaaS
Job Function Design and operate large-scale distributed background processing systems
Role Subtype Platform Engineer
Tech Domains Kubernetes, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, Active Directory, Linux

Keywords for Your Resume

distributed systemskubernetesruby on railsbackground processingkafkaredismongodbautoscalingmetrics pipelinesjob executionobservabilitydebuggingpagerdutysystem reliabilityscalabilitycloud infrastructure

Deal Breakers

Less than 5 years of experience in distributed systems, Lack of experience with Kubernetes or Ruby on Rails, No background in scalable distributed processing

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