Own and drive key components of the email pipeline architecture
Design and implement scalable, high-throughput services in Go
Develop systems that manage message queues and email delivery
Help ensure our systems scale with customer growth, especially as we bring on larger enterprise accounts
Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure the highest standards of performance, reliability, and deliverability
Requirements
Senior-level backend engineer with strong systems design skills
Proficient in Go (required). experience with Python is a plusExperienced working with high-throughput distributed systems
Familiar with message queues (e.g., Pulsar, Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS)
Bonus: Experience with email infrastructure, MTAs, deliverability, or mailops
Comfortable working independently on projects from design through production
Able to thrive in a mostly remote team and deliver in a high-autonomy environment
Technologies We Use:
Languages: Go, Python
Infrastructure: AWS, DynamoDB, Kubernetes, Terraform
Frameworks: Gin (Go), Django (Python)
Messaging: Pulsar, Kafka, other message queues
Email Systems: MTA’s (GreenArrow), Proxy servers, email deliverability tools, monitoring tools
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Senior Software Engineer - Email Platforms at Klaviyo