Senior Software Engineer I, Frontend Infrasturcture & Experience
Braze, Inc. · Chicago, IL
📍 Chicago💰 $128,842via greenhousePosted 2026-06-10
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At Braze, we have found our people. We’re a genuinely approachable, exceptionally kind, and intensely passionate crew.
We seek to ignite that passion by setting high standards, championing teamwork, and creating work-life harmony as we collectively navigate rapid growth on a global scale while striving for greater equity and opportunity – inside and outside our organization.
To flourish here, you must be prepared to set a high bar for yourself and those around you. There is always a way to contribute: Acting with autonomy, having accountability and being open to new perspectives are essential to our continued success.
Our deep curiosity to learn and our eagerness to share diverse passions with others gives us balance and injects a one-of-a-kind vibrancy into our culture.
If you are driven to solve exhilarating challenges and have a bias toward action in the face of change, you will be empowered to make a real impact here, with a sharp and passionate team at your back. If Braze sounds like a place where you can thrive, we can’t wait to meet you.
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
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
Improving frontend testing infrastructure with Cypress, Jest, and related tooling
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.
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WHAT WE OFFER
Braze benefits vary by location, and we encourage you to review our specific benefits offerings for each country here . More details on benefits plans will be provided if you receive an offer of employment.
From offering comprehensive benefits to fostering hybrid ways of working, we’ve got you covered so you can prioritize work-life harmony. Braze offers benefits such as:
Competitive compensation that may include equity
Retirement and Employee Stock Purchase Plans
Flexible paid time off
Comprehensive benefit plans covering medical, dental, vision, life, and disability
Family services that include fertility benefits and equal paid parental leave
Professional development supported by formal career pathing, learning platforms, and a yearly learning stipend
A curated in-office employee experience, designed to foster community, team connections, and innovation
Opportunities to give
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