Who we are
We're Redis. We built the product that runs the fast apps our world runs on. (If you checked the weather, used your credit card, or looked at your flight status online today, you’re welcome.) At Redis, you’ll work with the fastest, simplest technology in the business—whether you’re building it, telling its story, or selling it to our 10,000+ worldwide customers. We’re creating a faster world with simpler experiences. You in?
As a C++ Developer and a member of the core platform group, you will design and implement new features while maintaining maximum performance, investigate complex real-world issues, and develop the datapath components that support over 200 million ops/sec at sub-millisecond latency with true linear scalability.
Our ideal candidate is an experienced C++ developer who has worked with multithreaded code in a Linux environment and can approach complex problems creatively and with an open mind. You are a quick learner, eager to learn and improve, love to work and collaborate with talented team members and coworkers.
If you’re all that, fun to work with, and want to make an impact while contributing to a wildly successful company, then this is the right challenge for you.
What You’ll Do- Contribute to the development of proxy features, while debugging, maintaining, and improving the Redis Datapath infrastructure to support thousands of databases and millions of requests per second.
- Design and implement high-performance networking components focused on low-latency, high-throughput communication.
- Optimize multi-threaded architectures and improve CPU/memory performance.
- Collaborate closely with Redis architects, product managers, and other R&D teams to define, plan, and design features and projects.
- Work with CI/CD methodologies and automation tools to enhance deployment efficiency.
- Professional experience in C++ development, working on backend systems in Linux environment.
- Strong proficiency in modern C++ (C++11 and beyond) and backend development.
- Deep expertise in networking focused on low-latency, high-throughput communication and efficient connection lifecycles in distributed systems.
- Extensive experience with multi-threaded architectures, as well as memory and CPU optimization techniques to enhance performance.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD methodologies, automation tools, combined with familiarity with Agile/Scrum frameworks for iterative development.
- A strong belief in collaboration, transparency, and accountability supported by excellent interpersonal skills to foster a positive and motivated team environment.
- A proven ability to take ownership of domain responsibilities, deliver results, and address challenges with a proactive, “can-do” attitude.
- A continuous improvement mindset, with a focus on driving innovation and refining processes to achieve technical excellence.
- Experience designing and implementing distributed systems - a major advantage.
- Familiarity with NoSQL databases, especially Redis, and their practical applications.
- A track record of participating in end-to-end big data or large-scale performance optimization challenges.
We give back to our employees:
Our culture is what makes Redis a fun and rewarding place to work. To support you at work and beyond, we offer all our team members fantastic benefits and perks:
- Competitive compensation package formed by salary and equity grants
- 25 days of flexible vacation time
- Home internet & phone monthly allowance
- One-time home-office setup allowance
- Health and dental insurance for you
- Personal life insurance
- Critical Illness Cover
- Lunch and snacks in the office
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What We Do
As the home of Redis, the world’s most popular in-memory database, we are the commercial provider of Redis Enterprise, which delivers superior performance, unmatched reliability, and the best total cost of ownership. Redis Enterprise allows teams to build performance, scalability, speed, and simplicity into their applications.
Why Work With Us
We offer the opportunity for all employees to succeed, grow, develop, and deliver on their personal goals. We believe everyone can assume leadership roles over their projects and value teamwork. We also like to live well, and offer weekly Happy Hours, teambuilding events, birthday and cultural celebrations, a competitive salary, and much more!
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