Staff Software Engineer - Messaging Infrastructure - Remote

Overview

Reddit is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join the Messaging Infrastructure team, focusing on engineering Kafka as a platform and promoting event-driven architectures.

In Short

• Work with a team to develop a vision for asynchronous communication tooling.
• Improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Kafka.
• Automate aspects of the event-driven development process.
• Collaborate on the foundational platform for Reddit’s infrastructure.
• Share on-call responsibilities.
• Focus on multi-cloud, multi-region deployments.
• Engage in projects related to event-driven architectures.
• Contribute to the technical direction of eventing at Reddit.
• Mentor other engineers.
• Work with cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in internet-scale software development.
• Experience with asynchronous communication patterns, especially Kafka.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes or similar distributed systems.
• Strong troubleshooting skills in systems and software.
• Ability to track work and be a self-starter.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience with cross-functional migrations.
• Experience mentoring engineers.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs.
• 401k Match.
• Family Planning Support.
• Gender-Affirming Care.
• Mental Health & Coaching Benefits.
• Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days off.
• Generous paid Parental Leave.
• Paid Volunteer time off.