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$190,800 – $267,100
Listed on Reddit’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
Reddit seeks a senior engineer to design and operate the distributed messaging infrastructure handling 50+ million messages per second across the platform. This role suits experienced systems engineers who enjoy building large-scale infrastructure and working with ML and search teams to solve complex distributed systems challenges.
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What they ask for
Required
- 5+ years building internet-scale software
- Experience with Kafka and Kubernetes
- Hands-on work on distributed messaging systems
- General purpose programming language experience
- Computer Science degree or equivalent
Nice to have
- Background in machine learning storage infrastructure
- Strimzi experience
- Communication skills for cross-functional collaboration