Senior Software Engineer - Messaging

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<div class=&quot;p-rich_text_section&quot;>Reddit is a community of communities It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet

Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information

For more information, visit <a class=&quot;c-link&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redditinc.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; data-stringify-link=&quot;http://redditinc.com&quot; data-sk=&quot;tooltip_parent&quot;>www.redditinc.com</a>.</div>

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</div></div><p>The Messaging Infra team is looking to hire a Senior Software Engineer who is excited to solve large scale streaming infrastructure and distributed messaging infrastructure problems.</p>

<p>Reddit’s mission is to bring community and belonging to everyone in the world Reddit is a community of communities where people can dive into anything through experiences built around their interests, hobbies, and passions

With more than 50 million people visiting 100,000+ communities daily, it is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet From pets to parenting, skincare to stocks, there’s a community for everybody on Reddit

For more information, visit redditinc.com.</p>

<p>Our messaging layer receives 50+ millions of messages/second serving 100GB/s of network traffic We do this while efficiently storing over a petabyte of live topic data across ~1k brokers

As a senior engineer, you will partner closely with your team and our biggest users (ML/AI/Search) to build technical solutions that can scale to Reddit’s product growth

You’ll do this while maintaining an extremely high availability and reliability bar to ensure that Reddit’s users continue to get a great experience across our entire product portfolio.</p>

<p><strong>In your day-to-day, you can expect to:</strong></p>

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<li>Contribute to developing the team and organization’s long term technical strategy.</li>

<li>Refine and maintain our messaging infrastructure to support the asynchronous communication of services supporting hundreds of millions of users.</li>

<li>Own the infrastructure (managed and self-hosted) that supports produce and consume requests along with the necessary tooling and automation to efficiently operate the infrastructure.</li>

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<p><strong>Who you might be:</strong></p>

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<li>5+ years of experience building internet-scale software, preferably with a focus on machine learning storage infrastructure.</li>

<li>Software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages; Golang, Python, C++, Java</li>

<li>Experience working closely with technologies like Kafka, and Kubernetes. Strimzi is a huge plus!</li>

<li>Hands-on experience implementing features, optimizations, and bug fixes to distributed messaging systems.</li>

<li>Excellent communication skills to collaborate with stakeholders in engineering, data science, machine learning, and product.</li>

<li>Degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical field.</li>

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<p><strong>Benefits:</strong></p>

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<li>Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs</li>

<li>401k with Employer Match</li>

<li>Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support</li>

<li>Family Planning Support</li>

<li>Gender-Affirming Care</li>

<li>Mental Health &amp; Coaching Benefits</li>

<li>Flexible Vacation &amp; Paid Volunteer Time Off</li>

<li>Generous Paid Parental Leave&nbsp;</li>

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<p>#LI-Remote</p><div class=&quot;content-pay-transparency&quot;><div class=&quot;pay-input&quot;><div class=&quot;description&quot;><p><strong>Pay Transparency:</strong></p>

<p>This job posting may span more than one career level.</p>

<p>In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission

Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave

To learn more, please visit <a href=&quot;https://www.redditinc.com/careers/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>https://www.redditinc.com/careers/</a>.</p>

<p>To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base salary ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies

Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.</p></div><div class=&quot;title&quot;>The base salary range for this position is:</div><div class=&quot;pay-range&quot;><span>$190,800</span><span class=&quot;divider&quot;>&mdash;</span><span>$267,100 USD</span></div></div></div><div class=&quot;content-conclusion&quot;><p>In select roles and locations, the interviews will be recorded, transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI)

You will have the opportunity to opt out of recording, transcription and summarization prior to any scheduled interviews.</p>

<p><span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;>During the interview, we will collect the following categories of personal information: Identifiers, Professional and Employment-Related Information, Sensory Information (audio/video recording), and any other categories of personal information you choose to share with us

We will use this information to evaluate your application for employment or an independent contractor role, as applicable.&nbsp; We will not sell your personal information or disclose it to any third party for their marketing purposes.&nbsp; We will delete any recording of your interview promptly after making a hiring decision.&nbsp; For more information about how we will handle your personal information, including our retention of it, please refer to our <a href=&quot;https://redditinc.com/policies/candidate-privacy-policy&quot;>Candidate Privacy Policy for Potential Employees and Contractors</a>.</span></p>

<p><em><span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;>Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve.&nbsp; Reddit is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures

If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during the interview process, please let your recruiter know.</span></em></p></div>