Software Engineer, Core Replication at Redpanda Data

United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation

Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

UnknownVisa

Technology, Data StreamingIndustries

Requirements

Substantial relevant experience of at least 5 years in a professional or academic role
Prior experience in working on deeply technical projects in the realm of scalability, concurrency and parallelism, replication protocols, and correctness
Passion in working on distributed systems and consensus protocols with knowledge of at least one consensus protocol a must (Paxos, Raft, others)
Strong understanding and experience of C++ (ideally modern C++17 or C++20), including profiling and benchmarking
Desire to further develop your skills in building scalable and performant systems via profiling and benchmarking
Pride in writing robust, well-abstracted code along with the understanding that code is often made better via other’s reviews
Experience or desire to work with a 100% distributed engineering team, collaborating on GitHub, in open source
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
(Highlighted if applicable) C++ 20 experience
(Highlighted if applicable) Experience building consensus algorithms
(Highlighted if applicable) Knowledge of Raft
(Highlighted if applicable) Experience implementing software running over reactor-driven async systems

Responsibilities

Work with engineering team members who deeply care about our craft and take pride in what we deliver
Contribute to the overall success of Redpanda, ensuring our core tenets of Operational simplicity, No Data Loss, and Blazingly Fast remain true as we push the envelope on scalability, while expanding our target addressable market through features and integrations
Collaborate with product managers, designers, SREs, support, and customer success to deliver solutions to challenging distributed systems problems
Work strategically to deliver an ambitious technical roadmap to meet business goals of a fast growing startup
Deliver robust solutions to complex technical challenges as our Product is high-throughput, large-scale and mission-critical, and built with asynchronous programming principles
Help shape Redpanda’s future while learning and growing professionally

Skills

Key technologies and capabilities for this role

Raftconsensusdistributed storagereplicationdata rebalancingnetwork layoutlatencyresource utilizationperformancescalabilitydata streamingKafkaWasmtiered storage

Questions & Answers

Common questions about this position

What is the salary for this Software Engineer position?

This information is not specified in the job description.

Is this a remote position or what is the location requirement?

This information is not specified in the job description.

What skills and experience are required for this role?

Candidates need at least 5 years of substantial relevant experience, prior work on scalability, concurrency, parallelism, replication protocols, and correctness, plus passion for distributed systems and knowledge of at least one consensus protocol like Raft.

What is the company culture like at Redpanda?

Redpanda is a team of doers, seasoned engineers, hackers, and builders who deeply care about their craft, take pride in deliveries, and focus on operational simplicity, no data loss, and blazingly fast performance while collaborating across teams.

What makes a strong candidate for this Core Software Engineer role?

A strong candidate has 5+ years of experience in distributed systems, expertise in scalability, concurrency, replication protocols, and consensus algorithms like Raft, and can influence roadmap, architecture, and collaborate on high-throughput, mission-critical solutions.

Redpanda Data

Cost-effective streaming data platform

About Redpanda Data

Redpanda offers a data streaming platform that simplifies the use of Kafka APIs, making it easier for businesses to process real-time data. It can be accessed as a fully-managed cloud service or through self-hosting, providing flexibility for users. The platform significantly reduces infrastructure costs and improves performance, claiming to lower expenses by six times while enhancing latencies and throughput. Redpanda aims to be a cost-effective and user-friendly alternative to traditional data streaming solutions, with a focus on environmental sustainability and data security.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters

2019Year Founded

$161MTotal Funding

SERIES_CCompany Stage

Data & Analytics, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries

51-200Employees

Benefits

Remote Work Options

Flexible Work Hours

Risks

Increased competition from new Kafka-compatible solutions could erode Redpanda's market share.

Integration challenges from the Benthos acquisition may disrupt service delivery.

Reliance on BYOC model exposes Redpanda to risks from varying cloud provider policies.

Differentiation

Redpanda offers a Kafka API-compatible platform with reduced complexity and cost.

The platform supports both fully-managed cloud service and self-hosted deployment options.

Redpanda's environmentally friendly design reduces compute, storage, and bandwidth consumption.

Upsides

Redpanda's acquisition of Benthos enhances its platform with advanced stream processing features.

The partnership with Ockam positions Redpanda as a leader in secure data streaming.

Redpanda Serverless offers a flexible, pay-as-you-go model appealing to startups and small businesses.

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