# Software Engineer II, Segment Optimization

**Company:** [Attentive](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/attentive)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Data Engineering
**Salary:** $135k – $170k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Java, Python, Go, Distributed Systems, Backend Services, Relational Databases, Nosql Databases, Data Modeling, Algorithms, Data Structures, Object-Oriented Design, Data Pipelines, Real-Time Processing, AI Tools
**Posted:** 2026-08-21

> Build and operate distributed data applications powering large-scale audience segmentation and real-time personalization. The role requires 2–4 years of software engineering experience, backend development skills, and familiarity with databases, algorithms, and distributed systems.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Build and improve systems powering audience segmentation for more than 100 million customers.
- Own well-scoped features end to end across distributed data applications, including design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operation.
- Partner with engineering, product, and design teammates to deliver high-quality software.
- Develop a deep understanding of owned services, platform data flows, and the impact of changes on clients and customers.
- Contribute to process, infrastructure, and system improvements across the team and engineering organization.
- Use AI tools to move quickly while focusing on system behavior, architecture, and design tradeoffs.

## Requirements
- 2–4 years of experience as a Software Engineer.
- Experience building backend services and an interest in deepening distributed-systems expertise.
- Experience with Java, Python, or Go.
- Strong understanding of object-oriented design, algorithms, optimization, data structures, and software design.
- Familiarity with relational and non-relational databases, including how data modeling and access patterns affect performance and reliability.
- Commitment to clean, correct code and established engineering best practices.
- Ability to take ownership of work through reliable operation and customer impact.
- Clear communication and effective collaboration with technical and non-technical teammates.
- Comfort working through ambiguity and translating business goals into clear deliverables.

## Compensation and Benefits
- US base salary: $135,000–$170,000 annually.
- Equity and benefits, including health and wellness benefits.

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