Software Engineer, Platform - Distributed Systems

About Replit
Replit is where the world’s most productive developers write, share, and deploy code.  Get started writing an application quickly without spending a second on environments or setup.  Remix templates from the world’s top companies.  Deploy in one click.  Go from idea to software, fast.

-This is a full-time role that can be held from our SF Bay Area office or remotely in the USA-

About the role

The platform team gives every Replit user a free computer in the cloud so they can learn and build. Your charter will be to give users more power in the cloud, make the system run faster across the globe, and save Replit a whole bunch of money along the way.

To build and operate at scale, we need engineers with deep experience in distributed systems and/or operating systems.

Examples of what you could do

• Leapfrog the Docker ecosystem by betting on Nix for building reproducible environments.

• Build a network file system by implementing Network Block Device protocol in our infrastructure.

• Create a hypervisor to manage user environments dynamically with snapshot and restore capabilities.

• Develop Replt’s infrastructure using Go, Rust, GCP, and IaC tools like Terraform.

You are…

• Able to demonstrate 5+ years of working experience with:

  • Distributed systems (examples: platform-as-a-service, distributed storage, information retrieval)

    • For example: Distributed storage systems, database internals, information retrieval, defining and improving SLIs, optimizing systems for latency or cost

• Someone who values simplicity and pragmatism (you think radically but ship incrementally).

• Self-directed and comfortable working autonomously.

Bonus Points

• You have experience with the Nix ecosystem

• You like to play with Linux filesystems for fun

• You have optimized large scale distributed systems for performance and cost

• You have managed a public-facing project (you have launched projects with real users)

Full-Time Employee Benefits Include:

🧑‍💻 Flexible Work Hours

💰 Competitive Salary & Equity

🖥 Home Office Set-Up Stipend

⚕️ Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance

🩼 Short Term and Long Term Disability

📱 Monthly Expenses Stipend 

🚼 Paid Parental, Medical, Caregiver Leave

🏝 Flexible Time Off (FTO) + Holidays

🚀 Annual company/team offsites (4/year)

Want to Learn More? 

• Replit Product

  • Getting started with Replit 

  • Repl from Repo

  • Replit Multiplayer

• Interviewing + Culture

  • My First Software Engineering Job Interview 

  • Life at Replit 

  • Operating Principles

  • Reasons not to work at Replit

To achieve our mission of making programming more accessible around the world, we need our team to be representative of the world. We welcome your unique perspective and experiences in shaping this product. We encourage people from all kinds of backgrounds to apply, including and especially candidates from underrepresented and non-traditional backgrounds.

The overall market range of base compensation for roles in this area of Replit is typically $60,000 - $225,000. Compensation offered will be determined by additional factors such as location and experience.

This is a full-time role that can be held from our SF Bay Area office or remotely in the USA. If located in SF the hybrid role has an in-office requirement of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.