Senior Software Engineer, Compute Platform

🕒 May 8

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Reddit, Inc.

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2005

👥 B2C

📱 Media

🌍 Social Impact

B2C • Media • Social Impact

Reddit, Inc. is a social media platform that acts as a hub for thousands of communities, where users can engage in diverse conversations ranging from breaking news to niche interests. It enables users to post, comment, and vote on content, fostering a vibrant online community. Millions of people globally connect and share their passions on Reddit, creating a dynamic environment for authentic human interaction.

📋 Description

• Design and deliver software solutions in Go to improve the availability, scalability, and latency of Reddit’s compute infrastructure. • Develop Kubernetes controllers and operators to automate cluster management, workload scheduling, and the reconciliation of complex system states. • Build core tooling and SDKs that codify network configurations, managed services, and compute capacity tracking across a multi-region fleet. • Optimize intra-cluster performance by developing reactive schedulers and detecting node-level characteristics to inform availability. • Collaborate across the organization to provide technical feedback and automate critical development workflows and infrastructure operations. • Participate in an on-call rotation (approximately one week every 8-9 weeks) to ensure the stability of our global scale systems.

🎯 Requirements

• 4+ years of experience developing internet-scale software with a heavy focus on infrastructure and distributed systems. • Proficient in Go with a proven track record of building and managing Kubernetes services at scale. • An expert in Linux internals, including a solid understanding of multi-tenancy primitives like cgroups and namespaces. • A contributor to the open-source community, ideally within the infrastructure or CNCF domain. • A self-starter capable of troubleshooting complex, cross-system issues and managing large projects independently. • An excellent communicator who thrives in a collaborative, service-oriented environment.

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs • 401k with Employer Match • Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support • Family Planning Support • Gender-Affirming Care • Mental Health & Coaching Benefits • Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off • Generous Paid Parental Leave