Principal Backend Software Engineer – Redis Cloud Unit

Join the Redis Cloud Unit and help power one of the fastest NoSQL platforms on the planet. As part of this high-impact team, you’ll work on the cloud deployment of Redis, supporting over 200 million operations per second at sub-millisecond latency, with true linear scalability.

This role plays a critical part in our cloud offering. The team is responsible for developing and managing the business layer that provides various models to our customers – from a simple database running on a fixed compute node, all the way to a worry free serverless solution. The team build the backend services that enable the various offerings to our customers.Success in this role means being:

• Passionate about cloud infrastructure, performance, and distributed computing
• Eager to learn, improve, and grow in a fast-paced environment
• A strong collaborator who thrives in a diverse, ambitious team
• A proactive problem-solver with a hands-on mindset

Make an impact in a company that’s scaling fast and backed by a proven product. If you’re excited by cloud challenges and want to be part of something big, this is your opportunity.

What you’ll do:

• Lead the evolution of a production system at the very heart of Redis Cloud from a monolith to modular, cloud-native services
• Build and maintain internal systems that orchestrate cluster lifecycle operations (create, upgrade, recover, delete)
• Design and build for production-grade reliability, including observability, self-healing, and fault-tolerant behavior
• Collaborate with infrastructure, platform, and SRE teams to improve automation workflows
• Contribute to technical vision, architecture decisions, and engineering best practices
• Take end-to-end ownership of critical backend components used by internal and external customers

What will you need to have? 

• 8+ years of backend development experience, preferably in Python, Java, Go.
• Proficiency in designing and building stable, robust large-scale cloud systems.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems.
• Experience with microservices and RESTful API design.
• Experience with event-driven architecture and asynchronous workflows.
• A high level of autonomy, ownership, and communication in cross-team projects.

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
• Hybrid working options from both home and the office
• 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