Distributed Systems Engineer

2 days ago


San Francisco, California, United States ZipRecruiter Full time
About the Team:

At Nextdoor, we operate critical high-throughput services that power the communities on our platform worldwide. Our Core Services team is responsible for maintaining and improving these services, ensuring they scale seamlessly to meet the needs of our users. As a member of this team, you'll have the opportunity to work on complex projects, collaborating with other teams to deliver high-quality results.

We're looking for a talented Distributed Systems Engineer to join our team. If you have a passion for building high-performance distributed systems and a strong background in languages such as Golang, Rust, C++, Java, or Python, we want to hear from you. In this role, you'll work closely with product engineers to understand their pain points and identify high leverage opportunities to improve developer experience and scalability of our systems.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience in a high-performance distributed systems engineering environment, with a strong background in languages such as Golang, Rust, C++, Java, or Python. A creative, empathetic collaboration style and optimism to solve difficult problems in an environment without known solutions are essential.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Collaborate with product engineers to improve developer experience and scalability
  • Design and implement high-performance distributed systems
  • Participate in designing and implementing a distributed, multi-tiered cache with zone-aware routing


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