Full-Time

Senior Software Engineer

Tag Engineering

Attentive

Attentive

1,001-5,000 employees

Personalized SMS marketing platform for eCommerce

Compensation Overview

$170k - $205k/yr

+ Equity

Remote in USA

Remote

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Kotlin
JavaScript
Java
TypeScript
Serverless
Requirements
  • 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a track record of working across multiple layers of a system, not just frontend or backend alone
  • Backend experience building and operating services in Java, Kotlin, or a similar typed language, including API design, data modeling, and testing
  • Comfortable with JavaScript/TypeScript beyond casual use. You can reason about browser runtime behavior, async patterns, and performance in production
  • Experience with edge compute or serverless runtimes (Cloudflare Workers, Lambda@Edge, Fastly), or the ability to ramp quickly
  • You've led projects from scoping through shipping, not just contributed to them
  • Good debugging instincts across service boundaries. You design systems so issues surface clearly rather than hiding
  • Active use of AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or similar) in your day-to-day workflow. You've used them to build and ship production features, not just experiment
  • Willingness to work across unfamiliar parts of the stack
Responsibilities
  • Own data collection across the full stack. Work across the JS tag, Cloudflare Workers, and Java backend services to deliver reliable first-party data collection at scale
  • Expand what we do at the edge with Cloudflare Workers. Extend our Workers infrastructure beyond server-side tracking and proxy endpoints into tag serving, A/B configuration, and compute for agentic systems and data analysis
  • Build agentic AI systems for data collection quality. Use heuristics and models from the ML team to identify poor data collection for specific customers. Build workflows that automatically diagnose and fix gaps, reducing the manual work that eats up engineering time today
  • Improve the event ingestion pipeline. Strengthen the backend services that receive, validate, and route events from the tag. Make the pipeline more reliable and observable so engineers can trace data from collection through ingestion without guesswork
  • Help lead technical direction on a small, autonomous team. Write proposals, run design reviews, and mentor teammates. With a team this size, your judgment directly shapes what gets built and how

Attentive provides a personalized SMS marketing platform for eCommerce and DTC brands, helping businesses engage customers through targeted text messages to drive revenue. The product works by offering a subscription-based platform with APIs and webhooks that enable seamless, automated SMS campaigns; users can create, manage, and distribute customized messages and access analytics to optimize performance. The company differentiates itself through a focus on personalized, scalable SMS communications for online brands, strong API/webhook integrations, and data-driven insights, rather than generic marketing tools. Attentive’s goal is to help businesses grow revenue and strengthen customer relationships by delivering timely, relevant texts that nurture engagement.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Series E

Total Funding

$863M

Headquarters

Hoboken, New Jersey

Founded

2016

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • RCS Business Messaging launch with Google partnership positions Attentive for premium channel shift.
  • 128% UK revenue growth and doubled team signals strong international expansion momentum.
  • ParTech Punchh integration unlocks restaurant loyalty vertical with 93% SMS preference adoption.

What critics are saying

  • iOS 26 inbox filtering reduces SMS engagement 30-40%, eroding core channel performance.
  • Klaviyo and HubSpot embed SMS natively, consolidating SMB vendors and compressing margins.
  • Twilio and Bandwidth undercut SMS delivery margins through direct carrier relationships.

What makes Attentive unique

  • Patented Two-Tap technology expanded to desktop via QR codes captures web traffic.
  • AI-powered Concierge service with live agents increased subscriber spending 50% since 2022.
  • 10+ billion annual messages sent across SMS, RCS, email with first-party data integration.

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Benefits

Generous PTO

Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance

Daily Lunch Delivery Credit

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Headcount

6 month growth

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2 year growth

2%
PR Newswire
Mar 10th, 2026
SmarterSends launches 2-way SMS integration with Attentive for distributed marketing teams

SmarterSends has launched an enterprise integration with Attentive that enables distributed marketing teams to operationalise two-way SMS with centralised governance and brand controls. The integration allows organisations to deploy conversational messaging across field, franchise and regional teams whilst maintaining compliance and reporting oversight. The platform enables enterprise-safe two-way SMS conversations with brand guardrails, permissions and approvals, whilst supporting sales and service use cases without compromising marketing governance. It targets organisations including franchise systems, sports venues, retail chains and financial services firms with distributed teams. The integration is available now for enterprise customers requiring governed multi-channel execution across two-way SMS, SMS, email and push notifications. SmarterSends specialises in distributed marketing platforms, whilst Attentive provides omnichannel marketing technology for personalised customer engagement.

MarTech360
Jan 30th, 2026
Attentive Enhances Two-Tap(TM) and Adds New Omnichannel Tools to Boost Subscriber Growth, Visibility and Compliance

Attentive enhances Two-Tap(TM) and adds new omnichannel tools to boost subscriber growth, visibility and compliance. Attentive has expanded its patented Two-Tap(TM) engagement technology - originally focused on mobile - to now include desktop experiences, enabling brands to capture previously missed web traffic and convert it into high-quality mobile subscribers through a simple QR-based opt-in flow, significantly increasing owned audience growth potential. Alongside this extension, Attentive unveiled a suite of new capabilities designed to help marketers navigate evolving inbox behaviours and compliance challenges driven by changes such as iOS 26 inbox filtering, where filtered messages can see substantially lower engagement, and tightening SMS regulations. These enhancements allow brands to unlock several tools for reach protection and expansion across channels. They include inbox visibility tools that identify potential messages and apply fixes for improved delivery, barcode tools that connect email engagement with in-store shopping, and audience sizing tools that allow for enhanced targeting. Automated quiet hours based on location simplify compliance, while AI-powered campaign optimization and template tools reduce effort and improve performance. Additionally, the company's expansion into first-party data within SMS, email, push, ads, and loyalty continues to emphasize the importance of mobile identity-based engagement. Altogether, these innovations are designed to allow brands to protect reach, expand their subscriber base, and comply in an evolving marketing landscape. MarTech360 Bureau 1172 posts 0 comments

Business Wire
Jan 29th, 2026
Attentive expands patented two-tap technology to desktop and adds iOS 26 inbox visibility tools

Attentive, the omnichannel marketing platform, is expanding its patented two-tap mobile technology to desktop shopping experiences, allowing brands to convert web traffic into mobile subscribers through a QR-based flow. The company also introduced new solutions for iOS inbox visibility, SMS compliance and AI-driven workflows. The updates address growing challenges as Attentive data shows messages routed to filtered inboxes can see 30–40% lower clickthrough and conversion rates. New capabilities include barcode generation for email, automated state quiet hours, improved location detection and AI-powered campaign enhancements. The platform integrates first-party data across SMS, email, push notifications, advertisements and loyalty channels. Attentive serves leading brands including Crate and Barrel, Urban Outfitters and Steve Madden across more than 70 industries.

TxtCart
Aug 5th, 2025
Yotpo Exits Email & SMS, E-commerce Brands Face Vendor Lock-In Risk TxtCart Emerges as the SMS-Only Alternative to Attentive

Yotpo has teamed up with Attentive and Omnisend to ease the migration.

MarTech360
Mar 26th, 2025
Attentive Unveils the Future of AI-Powered Messaging and RCS

Attentive, the leader in AI-powered mobile marketing, is transforming brand-to-consumer messaging with the U.S. launch of Rich Communication Services (RCS) Business Messaging.