Senior Software Engineer, Streaming & Distributed Messaging

Reddit, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 191,000 - 267,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401k with employer match

Equity / RSUs

Parental leave

Mental health benefits

Job summary

Reddit is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Messaging Infra team. You will help solve large-scale streaming and distributed messaging challenges, working with teams across ML, data science, and product to ensure high availability and reliability for hundreds of millions of users.

You will collaborate on long-term technical strategy, refine infrastructure, and own the tooling that enables scalable produce/consume paths.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building internet-scale software.
• Proficiency in one or more general purpose programming languages (Golang, Python, C++, Java).
• Experience with Kafka and Kubernetes; Strimzi is a plus.
• Hands-on experience implementing features and fixes in distributed messaging systems.
• Excellent communication skills with cross-functional teams.
• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical field.

Responsibilities

• Refine and maintain the messaging infrastructure for asynchronous communication serving hundreds of millions of users.
• Own the infrastructure (managed and self-hosted) for produce/consume requests and the tooling to operate it.
• Contribute to the team and organization’s long-term technical strategy.

Skills

Golang

Python

C++

Java

ML storage infra

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

Kafka

Kubernetes

Strimzi

Job description

Reddit is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Messaging Infra team. You will help solve large-scale streaming and distributed messaging challenges, working with teams across ML, data science, and product to ensure high availability and reliability for hundreds of millions of users.

You will collaborate on long-term technical strategy, refine infrastructure, and own the tooling that enables scalable produce/consume paths.