Job Posting Title:
Sr Product Software Engineer
Req ID:
Job Description:
Lifecycle Messaging- Lifecycle Messaging's mission is to create and deliver scaled, customer centric multi-channel messaging experiences across the customer journey that drive impact in the form of engagement, revenue growth, customer delight & brand trust. Our platform, the Unified Messaging Platform helps us to inform, engage, and delight our guests.
Job Summary:Describe what the person will do in the role - how he/she will impact the organization.
- Design and implement tier-1 microservices in Java and/or Scala.
- Design core, backend software components for the Unified Messaging Platform
- Implement asynchronous processes to run in the cloud for various data transformation operations.
- Work on tech design for various initiatives and projects as per business needs.
- Be involved in code reviews and architecture reviews for team members.
- Participate in Agile methodology and SCRUM processes such as Sprint Planning, Backlog grooming, Daily Standups, and Retrospectives with the team.
- Provide on-call support for critical services on a rotational basis.
- Own features/functionality and deliver projects end-to-end with high quality and robust architecture.
- Communicate and work with multi-functional business partners.
- Ramp up on new domains and technologies.
Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:Summarize job responsibilities, core deliverables and major duties. What is required for the position to exist?
Focus on major areas of work, typically 20% or more of role
% of TimeLead the design & enhancement of critical services in UMP, ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability. Research and integrate new technologies into the production environment to optimize core service offerings.
50%
Promote and support Agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, and Scrumban by actively participating in regular ceremonies such as stand-up, retrospectives and sprint planning.
15%
Provide technical guidance to junior team members, covering code quality, system design, and best practices in software development. Actively participate in code reviews, offering constructive feedback to improve code quality, system reliability, and performance
20%
Collaborate with your squad, Product Managers, Designers, QA, Operations, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and articulate technical decisions and outcomes.
15%
Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:Minimum and Preferred. Inclusive of Licenses/Certs (include functional experience as well as behavioral attributes and/or leadership capabilities)
Basic Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience building internet-scale web or services applications
- Experience and/or certification with Cloud Services
- Excellent understanding of software development fundamentals
- Experience with writing unit, integration and functional tests
- Experience with standard CI/CD procedures & tools like jenkins, github action, spinnaker
- Proven ability to integrate with service APIs and/or SDKs
- Experience working in a modern, agile software team with version control & project
- management tools (e.g. Git, SVN, Jira, Basecamp)
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in a Java and/or alternative JVM application development environments (Scala)
- Knowledge or certification with AWS services, including ECS (Docker), S3, EC2, Lambda, CloudWatch
- Experience with big data technologies & tools like Spark, Databricks, EMR
- Experience with Terraform or other infrastructure as code tooling
- Experience with graph-based data workflows such as Apache Airflow, Meson
- Experience building scalable, fault-tolerant, high-uptime systems
- Creative and inventive problem solving
- Experience mentoring other developers
Required Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.
- Minimum of 5 years related work experience.
The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, California is $141,900.00-$190,300.00 per year based on a 40-hour work week. The amount of hours scheduled per week may vary based on business needs. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
Job Posting Segment:
PE - Streaming Backend
Job Posting Primary Business:
PE - Streaming Backend - Messaging & Audience Engineering
Primary Job Posting Category:
Product Software Engineering
Employment Type:
Full time
Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Santa Monica, CA, USA
Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:
USA - CA - 1200 Grand Central Ave, USA - NY - 7 Hudson Square, USA - WA - 925 4th Ave
Date Posted:
2026-08-13
