Staff Software Engineer - Messaging Infrastructure - Remote

Overview

Reddit is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join the Messaging Infrastructure team, focusing on both infrastructure and software development challenges, particularly around Kafka and event-driven architectures.

In Short

• Join the Messaging Infrastructure team at Reddit.
• Work on engineering Kafka as a platform.
• Promote event-driven architectures within Reddit.
• Collaborate with a team of engineers.
• Improve the availability and efficiency of messaging components.
• Automate critical aspects of the development process.
• Participate in on-call responsibilities.
• Contribute to the technical direction of eventing at Reddit.
• Mentor other engineers.
• Impact hundreds of millions of users worldwide.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in developing internet-scale software.
• Experience with asynchronous communication patterns.
• Familiarity with Kafka and large-scale infrastructure.
• Experience with Kubernetes or similar distributed systems.
• Strong troubleshooting capabilities.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience navigating cross-functional migrations.
• Experience mentoring engineers.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare benefits.
• 401k match.
• Family planning support.
• Gender-affirming care.
• Mental health and coaching benefits.
• Flexible vacation and global days off.
• Generous paid parental leave.
• Paid volunteer time off.