Remote Senior Software Engineer, Messaging at Reddit

Description:

The Messaging team at Reddit is seeking a Senior Software Engineer who excels in both infrastructure and software development, focusing on engineering Kafka as a platform and promoting event-driven architectures.
Responsibilities include software automation for managing Kafka clusters, developing APIs and controllers for Kubernetes, and automating replication and cluster management concerns.
Projects involve creating Reddit-specific clients and templates, implementing schema registries, managing capacity and ACLs, and enhancing the developer experience for Kafka interaction.
As a member of the Data Processing and Workflow Foundations team, you will work on challenging infrastructure and software engineering problems that directly impact millions of Reddit users worldwide.

Minimum of 4 years of experience in developing internet-scale software, preferably in an infrastructure context.
Familiarity with asynchronous communication, with a bonus for Kafka knowledge.
Experience working with Kubernetes or similar distributed systems, and Kubernetes controller or operator development experience is highly desirable.
Strong troubleshooting skills in systems and software, along with experience in engineering large systems and being proactive on projects.
Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with a service-oriented team and company.