Klaviyo is looking to solve the problem of reliable, scalable, and performant email delivery by evolving and owning their email sending pipeline end-to-end, to help the company reach enterprise scale and bring on larger enterprise accounts.
Requirements
- 8+ years of engineering experience with strong backend and systems design skills
- Proficient in Go and Python (required)
- Comfortable coding and reviewing complex systems — this is a hands-on role
- Experienced working with high-throughput distributed systems
- Familiar with message queues (e.g., Pulsar, Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS)
- Skilled in system design and scaling infrastructure using AWS
- Bonus: Experience with email infrastructure, MTAs, deliverability, or mailops
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of engineers building and scaling Klaviyo's email delivery infrastructure
- Own and drive the architecture of key components in the email pipeline
- Design and implement scalable, high-throughput services in Go and Python
- Build systems that manage message queues and ensure reliable email delivery at scale
- Contribute directly to architecture and code, driving best practices and quality
- Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure the highest standards of performance, reliability, and deliverability
- Transform workflows by putting AI at the center, building smarter systems and ways of working from the ground up
Other
- Clear communicator and collaborative team player
- Able to thrive in a hybrid team(with some remote team members) and deliver in a high-autonomy environment
- You've already experimented with AI in work or personal projects, and you're excited to dive in and learn fast
- Massachusetts Applicants: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment
- Klaviyo is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and non-discrimination
