Kakao Recruits for 'Talk Platform Development Team' Handling KakaoTalk Backend and Introduces Development Culture

Kakao has revealed the development culture and hiring information for the 'Talk Platform Development Team', which is responsible for the backends of services used by the entire nation, such as KakaoTalk, Melon, and the portal. This team designs and operates systems that stably handle high-volume traffic generated by tens of millions of users, continuously improving the architecture to enhance uninterrupted service.

Development Environment and Culture

The team's core value starts with the question 'Why not?'. Developers collaborate with colleagues through detailed code reviews, tech sharing, and pair programming, developing new features based on know-how from existing legacy code and pursuing innovative architectural improvements. Developers can experience growth as multi-players in a large-scale traffic environment rarely experienced in Korea, involving tasks such as enhancing operational tools, managing monitoring systems, and applying new services.

Recommended Books and Required Skills

To design complexly interconnected systems and track data, the following three books are recommended:

• Domain Modeling Made Functional
• Designing Data-Intensive Application
• Mastering Distributed Tracing

To become a good server developer, one needs understanding and affection for users, abstraction and generalization, continuous learning and creative imagination, and confidence and challenge. Kakao is solving various problems based on these attitudes.