Learn more about Attentive—the SMS and email platform that brings your customer interactions to life with advanced AI. Backed by Sequoia and Sapphire.
About the role
Attentive sends billions of messages each year for more than 8,000 brands, helping drive tens of billions of dollars in revenue for our customers. Behind every message is a series of decisions: who should receive it, what it should say, when it should send, which offer to include, and which channel to use. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 3+ years managing engineers, 8+ years engineering
- Understands the interface between product engineering, ML, and data science, and is fluent enough to be a real partner. Understands what a model needs from the platform, without needing to own the model
- Has shipped agentic or LLM-backed systems and knows the production tradeoffs of tool use, orchestration, and retrieval
- Strong on distributed, data-heavy systems: streaming, event-driven, cost-aware inference
- Tracks the field closely, has a real view on what shipped last quarter and why it matters, and has killed their own work when something better arrived
- Still writes code. Hires well, gives direct feedback, holds a high performance bar, and builds accountability without drama
More about this role
Attentive® is the AI marketing platform for 1:1 personalization redefining the way brands and people connect. We’re the only marketing platform that combines powerful technology with human expertise to build authentic customer relationships. By unifying SMS, RCS, email, and push notifications, our AI-powered personalization engine delivers bespoke experiences that drive performance, revenue, and loyalty through real-time behavioral insights.
Recognized as the #1 provider in SMS Marketing by G2, Attentive partners with more than 8,000 customers across 70+ industries. Leading global brands like Crate and Barrel, Urban Outfitters, and Carter’s work with us to enable billions of interactions that power tens of billions in revenue for our customers.
With a distributed global workforce and employee hubs in New York City, San Francisco, London, and Sydney, Attentive’s team has been consistently recognized for its performance and culture. We’re proud to be included in Deloitte’s Fast 500 (four years running!), LinkedIn’s Top Startups , Forbes’ Cloud 100 (five years running!), Inc.’s Best Workplaces , and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Corporate Equality Index !
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