Senior Software Engineer, Compute Platform
Replit•Foster City, CA
•$130,000 - $290,000•Hybrid
About The Position
Replit is seeking a distributed systems engineer to enhance Replit Infrastructure, optimize performance across global regions, and improve efficiency while delivering an exceptional user experience. The role focuses on expanding cloud infrastructure offerings, improving reliability and scalability, and optimizing cloud resource utilization and costs. The position is based at the Foster City, California office with a hybrid requirement to work onsite Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Requirements
- A track record working with platform-as-a-service, distributed storage, or information retrieval systems.
- Experience designing scalable architectures and optimizing systems for latency or cost.
- Ability to approach complex challenges pragmatically and devise effective solutions.
- Ability to work independently, set priorities, and drive projects forward with ownership and initiative.
- Flexibility to work across different layers of the stack and tackle a wide range of challenges.
- Interest in continuous learning, keeping up with industry trends, and adapting to change.
- Ability to participate in an on-call rotation of at least six people.
- Enjoyment of working with Linux internals.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with cloud infrastructure or platform products, particularly application deployment, serverless computing, or container orchestration.
- Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform services and tools such as GCE, GKE, Cloud Run, or Cloud Storage.
- Contributions to open-source projects related to cloud technologies, deployment frameworks, or developer tools.
- Experience with Golang or Rust.
Responsibilities
- Launch new cloud products for Replit Agent to use in building complex applications, collaborating with cross-functional teams to design and implement them.
- Identify infrastructure bottlenecks, optimize critical paths, and implement monitoring and alerting systems.
- Work with the SRE team to ensure high availability and minimal downtime.
- Enable customers to scale their applications as their user base grows.
- Analyze infrastructure costs and identify ways to reduce cloud expenses without compromising performance or reliability.
- Implement cost-optimization strategies such as resource provisioning, auto-scaling, cost-aware scheduling, and data lifecycle management.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity
- 401(k) program with a 4% match (US only)
- Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave
- Flexible time off and holidays
- Commuter benefits (in-office and US only)
- Monthly wellness stipend
- Autonomous work environment
- In-office setup reimbursement (in-office only)
- Quarterly team gatherings
- In-office amenities (in-office only)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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