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Sr. Lead Software Engineer

Klaviyo · Boston, MA · posted 24 days ago

In short: Sr. Lead Software Engineer at Klaviyo in Boston, MA, posted 24 days ago.

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The job

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EmployerKlaviyo
LocationBoston, Massachusetts
FieldTechnology › Software engineering
Levelnot stated
Source categoryEngineering
Posted2026-10-16 (24 days ago)
Work arrangementOn-site at the location listed
PayNot published in the source listing

Job description

At Klaviyo, we value the unique backgrounds, experiences and perspectives each Klaviyo (we call ourselves Klaviyos) brings to our workplace each and every day. We believe everyone deserves a fair shot at success and appreciate the experiences each person brings beyond the traditional job requirements. If you’re a close but not exact match with the description, we hope you’ll still consider applying. Want to learn more about life at Klaviyo? Visit klaviyo.com/careers to see how we empower creators to own their own destiny.

Job Title: Sr. Lead Software Engineer
Location: Boston, MA

This role is based in our Boston hub. We operate a hub‑first model, with regular in‑office collaboration expected.

About the Role

At Klaviyo, we believe the future of software isn’t just better productivity tools for humans—it’s intelligent systems that can run, optimize, and adapt themselves based on real-time outcome and reward signals. Having already built the infrastructure and applications that connect businesses with over 200,000 customers, billions of consumer profiles, and hundreds of billions of interaction events, we are now making foundational investments in Marketing AI and Service AI to power next-generation agentic capabilities across our entire ecosystem.

The Klaviyo Orchestrate pillar drives the core platform experience, providing the high-throughput capabilities our customers use daily to manage and execute complex marketing workflows. This team balances strict Tier-1 availability and low-latency scalability requirements with rapid agility across the Klaviyo ecosystem. Internally, we have fully embraced AI-native engineering methodologies and are dedicated to putting sophisticated AI-native capabilities directly into the hands of our builder-customers.

We are building a best-in-class, flexible orchestration platform designed to handle massive scale while continuously advancing reliability and performance to meet the expanding needs of our global customer base.

How You’ll Make a Difference

Who You Are

Nice to Haves

Massachusetts Applicants:
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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:$216,000—$324,000 USD

This role may require up to 10% travel for purposes such as new hire onboarding, client or partner work if applicable, team meetings, and industry events. Travel is coordinated in advance.

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.

AI fluency at Klaviyo includes responsible use of AI (including privacy, security, bias awareness, and human-in-the-loop). We provide accommodations as needed. 

By participating in Klaviyo’s interview process, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and will adhere to our Guidelines for using AI in the Klaviyo interview Process. For more information about how we process your personal data, see our Job Applicant Privacy Notice.

Klaviyo is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and non-discrimination. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, citizenship, national origin, color, religion or religious creed, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, veteran or active military status, marital status, criminal record, genetics, retaliation, sexual harassment or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Our company takes the security and privacy of job applicants very seriously. We will never ask for payment, bank details, or personal financial information as part of the application process. All our legitimate job postings can be found on our official career site. Please be cautious of job offers that come from non-company email addresses (@klaviyo.com), instant messaging platforms, or unsolicited calls.   By clicking "Submit Application" you consent to Klaviyo processing your Personal Data in accordance with our Job Applicant Privacy Notice.  If you do not wish for Klaviyo to process your Personal Data, please do not submit an application.  You can find our Job Applicant Privacy Notice here and here (FR).  

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Estimate for a wage earner: 2026 federal brackets and standard deduction (IRS), Social Security 6.2% up to $184,500, Medicare 1.45% (+0.9% above $200,000 single / $250,000 married), and a state rate you set; set your own state tax rate. It ignores credits, pre-tax deductions, local taxes and benefits. Sources: IRS: tax year 2026 inflation adjustments · SSA wage base per Federal Register notice 2025-19763.

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The city

The job is in Boston, MA. Below is what the official statistics say about living and working there.

How Boston compares. Among the 80 largest places in Massachusetts, Boston is #1 by population, #75 for homeownership (#1 = highest), #62 for rent (#1 = cheapest), #28 for remote work (#1 = most). Its county, Suffolk County, is #1 of 14 counties for average pay ($131,280).

The place in numbers

Boston has 666,442 residents (ACS 2020–2024), about 9.5% of the population of Massachusetts. It covers 48 square miles of land, which works out to roughly 13,786 people per square mile. The median age is 33.3, 17% younger than the state median (33.3 against 40.0).

Housing

The median gross rent is $2,147 a month (rent plus utilities), 22% above the state median ($2,147 against $1,762). Over a year that is 26.5% of the median household income. US housing guidance treats housing as affordable when it takes 30% of income or less, so the typical household is under that line. The median home value is $731,700, which is 7.5 times the median household income ($97,344); a ratio above 5 usually means buying is out of reach without savings or a second income. 35.7% of households own their home, 43% below the state average (35.7% against 62.5%). A low ownership share points to a rental-heavy market with more apartments and shorter stays.

Work and pay

The Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area has 2,703,890 jobs in the BLS wage survey, and the median pay across all occupations is $66,620 a year, 31% above the national median ($66,620 against $50,980). The biggest occupation groups are office and administrative support (265,830 jobs, median $56,580); management (254,700 jobs, median $166,580); business and financial operations (242,960 jobs, median $102,660). The area is most specialised in life, physical, and social science (2.6 times) and architecture and engineering (1.4 times), where the share of workers is well above the national share. The best-paying groups with at least 5,000 jobs are management ($166,580) and legal ($135,160). In 2026M09 the unemployment rate of Suffolk County was 4.2%. 69.9% of residents aged 16 and over are in the labour force. The city lies in Suffolk County; its jobs, pay by industry and GDP are on the county page.

Getting around

Among workers, 32.9% drive alone, 22.6% use public transit, 13.4% walk, 21.3% work from home. 22.0% of workers commute 45 minutes or more, about the same as the state average (22.0% against 21.5%).

People and education

54.9% of adults aged 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 16% above the state share (54.9% against 47.3%). 27.8% of residents were born outside the United States, 54% above the state share (27.8% against 18.1%). The poverty rate is 16.6%, 65% above the state rate (16.6% against 10.0%).

Climate

The warmest month is Jul, averaging 72°F (22.4°C), and the coolest is Jan at 26°F (-3.5°C). About 1,206 mm (47 inches) of precipitation falls in a year; Oct is the wettest month (123 mm) and Jan the driest (80 mm). These values come from NASA satellite-based climatology on a grid of about 50 km, so they describe the wider area, not a weather station in the city.

Nearby cities to compare

Closest cities in this guide: Winthrop Town (4 miles, rent 4% lower); Chelsea (4 miles, rent 9% lower); Everett (5 miles, rent 3% lower); Quincy (5 miles, similar rent). Rent differences are against Boston; use the Compare tab to put any two cities side by side.

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Where to live

CITY Official statistics Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year (via Census Reporter) · Data: ACS 2020–2024

Places within 50 miles (straight line) of Boston, MA that have a guide, with what living there costs. No pay estimate is shown because the title did not match one occupation.

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Place ⇅Distance from the job city ⇅Median rent ⇅Median home value ⇅Median household income ⇅Commute 45+ min ⇅Rent as % of occupation pay ⇅Open jobs there ⇅
Boston, MA0 mi$2,147$731,700$97,34422.0%n/aJobs
Winthrop Town, MA4 mi$2,064$649,600$116,16731.2%n/a—
Chelsea, MA4 mi$1,956$493,500$72,17928.1%n/a—
Everett, MA5 mi$2,076$610,000$85,21831.6%n/a—
Quincy, MA5 mi$2,118$618,500$98,88233.4%n/a—
Somerville, MA6 mi$2,517$911,300$132,57220.9%n/aJobs
Cambridge, MA6 mi$2,787$1,092,100$130,74813.3%n/aJobs
Revere, MA6 mi$2,076$597,400$86,96930.0%n/a—
Brookline, MA6 mi$2,835$1,246,800$142,10114.7%n/a—
Malden, MA7 mi$2,204$633,500$100,60630.2%n/a—
Milton, MA7 mi$1,474$933,200$188,52928.4%n/a—
Medford, MA7 mi$2,509$755,500$129,54022.0%n/a—
Melrose, MA8 mi$1,970$822,900$133,95334.0%n/a—
Saugus, MA9 mi$2,241$603,400$101,53919.7%n/a—
Belmont, MA9 mi$2,527$1,159,000$183,13719.2%n/a—
Braintree Town, MA9 mi$2,024$656,800$122,21428.9%n/a—
Arlington, MA9 mi$2,082$933,800$150,70127.3%n/a—
Newton, MA10 mi$2,370$1,264,900$190,30417.0%n/a—
Lynn, MA10 mi$1,722$510,100$75,04323.6%n/a—
Weymouth Town, MA10 mi$1,941$552,100$102,71432.9%n/a—

Career paths

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Cybersecurity (713) Data, analytics and AI (3366) Cloud, IT and infrastructure (1040) Product management (836)

Distances

CITY Calculation (straight line) Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer (coordinates) · Data: 2024

How far Boston, MA is from the 20 largest US cities, in straight-line miles (not driving distance). Click a column to sort.

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From ⇅Straight-line distance (miles) ⇅Population of that city ⇅
New York, NY190 mi8,483,844
Philadelphia, PA268 mi1,579,706
Columbus, OH643 mi914,802
Charlotte, NC722 mi903,844
Indianapolis, IN807 mi885,860
Chicago, IL854 mi2,711,226
Jacksonville, FL1,017 mi977,670
Oklahoma City, OK1,494 mi697,125
Dallas, TX1,549 mi1,307,930
Fort Worth, TX1,578 mi963,194
Houston, TX1,605 mi2,328,253
Austin, TX1,695 mi979,539
Denver, CO1,762 mi718,877
San Antonio, TX1,766 mi1,479,835
Phoenix, AZ2,294 mi1,642,323
Seattle, WA2,489 mi754,195
San Diego, CA2,576 mi1,389,526
Los Angeles, CA2,603 mi3,857,263
San Jose, CA2,678 mi990,138
San Francisco, CA2,727 mi830,235

Nearby cities with open jobs (within 120 miles)

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City ⇅Straight-line distance ⇅Open jobs ⇅
Cambridge, MA6 mi109
Waltham, MA12 mi19
Framingham, MA21 mi6
Andover, MA23 mi8
Barrington, RI44 mi1
Amherst, MA77 mi14

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