Senior Software Engineer - Scale Messaging Infra & Kafka

Reddit, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 191,000 - 267,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and

401k with Employer Match

Global Benefit programs that fit your

Family Planning Support

Gender-Affirming Care

Mental Health & Coaching Benefits

Flexible Vacation & Paid VolunteerTime

Generous Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

Reddit, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Messaging Infra team to tackle large-scale streaming and distributed messaging challenges supporting hundreds of millions of users.

You will work closely with ML/AI/Search partners to build scalable solutions, own infrastructure, and drive reliability and availability across Reddit's product portfolio. 5+ years of internet-scale software experience required, with Go, Python, C++, Java proficiency.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building internet-scale software.
• Experience with distributed messaging systems.
• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Refine and maintain messaging infrastructure for asynchronous service communication.
• Own the infrastructure supporting produce/consume requests and tooling.
• Contribute to long-term technical strategy for the team and organization.

Skills

Golang

Python

C++

Java

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Kafka

Kubernetes

Strimzi

Job description

Reddit, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Messaging Infra team to tackle large-scale streaming and distributed messaging challenges supporting hundreds of millions of users.

You will work closely with ML/AI/Search partners to build scalable solutions, own infrastructure, and drive reliability and availability across Reddit's product portfolio. 5+ years of internet-scale software experience required, with Go, Python, C++, Java proficiency.