R&D Team Leader

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?

We're looking for Software Team Lead for Redis Server (Core Platforms)

Leading a Redis Server team means taking on the challenge of creating and improving one of the world’s fastest and most highly-regarded NoSQL databases.

The team works on both Redis Community Edition and Redis Enterprise, with huge impact on other teams, stakeholders, and the open-source community.

This is for tech lovers who thrive on performance, elegant solutions, and collaboration.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and manage a small team, hands-on coding in C while developing the next generation Redis database.
• Define technical roadmaps, make key architectural decisions, and drive performance/reliability at massive scale.
• Mentor team members, foster technical excellence, and take full ownership from concept to production.
• Collaborate with Product, DevOps, Support, Customer Success, other R&D teams, and the open-source community.
  
  

What Do You Have

• 4+ years developing production-grade systems, with strong hands-on C/Linux experience.
• 2+ years leading engineering teams/projects to completion, including mentoring.
• Expertise in low-level programming (C/C++/Rust), memory safety, concurrency, and performance optimizations.
• Strategic thinking for roadmaps/architecture in Agile environments.
• Excellent communication for distributed teams.
  
  

Nice To Have

• NoSQL databases.
• OSS contributions or async IO networking.
• Distributed applications experience.
  
  

As a global company, we value a culture of curiosity, diversity of thought, and innovation from our employees, customers, and partners. Redis is committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment where all employees’ differences are celebrated and supported, and everyone feels safe to bring their authentic selves to work. Redis is dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national orientation, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, Veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. We strive to create a workplace where every voice is heard, and every idea is respected.

Redis is committed to working with and providing access and reasonable accommodation to applicants with mental and/or physical disabilities. If you think you may require accommodations for any part of the recruitment process, please send a request to [email protected]. All requests for accommodations are treated discreetly and confidentially, as practical and permitted by law.

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