Software Engineer II - API

Location: This position is based in our Boston office , and team members are expected to be onsite at least three days per week .

Our Stack and Culture: Klaviyo operates a real-time data platform coded in Python, built for massive scale on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Engineers come to Klaviyo with experience in a variety of languages and from a number of disciplines.

Team Overview: The API team empowers product development teams at Klaviyo to create consistent, reliable, and developer-friendly public and internal APIs by providing robust frameworks, intuitive tools, and expert support.

Areas of ownership include:

• Public API Framework: Building consistent, reliable, and performant public APIs.
• Internal API Platform: A standardized platform for building, deploying, and consuming internal APIs to accelerate development and improve reliability.
• Encoded Objects: Standardized data schema definition and serialization framework ensuring consistency and compatibility across systems.
• API Rate Limiter: System enforcing request limits to protect API reliability and performance.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the evolution of Klaviyo’s public and internal API platforms.
• Participate in code reviews, product specifications, and scope definition.
• Collaborate with product owners and engineering peers to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions.
• Influence the direction and priorities of the API team.

Required Skills:

• 3–5+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience working with both monolithic and microservices architectures.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong debugging and performance optimization skills.

Team Tech Stack:

• Python, Django REST Framework, Django, FastAPI
• MySQL / PostgreSQL, DocumentDB, ClickHouse
• Redis, Memcached, RabbitMQ / Celery / Apache Pulsar

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with metaprogramming.
• Experience with Go.
• Familiarity with JSON:API.
• Experience designing and building internal or public APIs.
• Experience with Service-Oriented Architecture (preferably in Python).
• Experience working with RESTful applications, APIs, or gRPC.

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Our salary range reflects the cost of labor across various U.S. geographic markets. The range displayed below reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all our US locations. The base salary offered for this position is determined by several factors, including the applicant’s job-related skills, relevant experience, education or training, and work location.

In addition to base salary, our total compensation package may include participation in the company’s annual cash bonus plan, variable compensation (OTE) for sales and customer success roles, equity, sign-on payments, and a comprehensive range of health, welfare, and wellbeing benefits based on eligibility.

Your recruiter can provide more details about the specific salary/OTE range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Base Pay Range For US Locations:

$120,000 — $180,000 USD

Get to Know Klaviyo

We’re Klaviyo (pronounced clay-vee-oh). We empower creators to own their destiny by making first-party data accessible and actionable like never before. We see limitless potential for the technology we’re developing to nurture personalized experiences in ecommerce and beyond. To reach our goals, we need our own crew of remarkable creators—ambitious and collaborative teammates who stay focused on our north star: delighting our customers. If you’re ready to do the best work of your career, where you’ll be welcomed as your whole self from day one and supported with generous benefits, we hope you’ll join us.

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