Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform

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🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $190.8k - $267.1k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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Reddit, Inc.

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2005

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

📱 Media

Consulting • Marketing • Media

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

• Develop and design new and innovative solutions to scaling Reddit • Build platform API projects that scale to the rest of the organization • Mentor and coach more junior engineers on the direct team • Build, deliver, and operate services scaling to millions of transactions per second at 5+ 9’s of availability • Optimize Reddit’s media experience for hundreds of millions of users worldwide • Build, operate, and scale the media platform powering Reddit users globally • Design, build, and run critical foundational services, platforms, and libraries used by Reddit engineering teams • Help build an engineering roadmap aligned with organizational needs and Reddit’s growth • Act as a technical coach and mentor

🎯 Requirements

• Strong software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages; Python, Go or similar • 5+ years of experience with large-scale, mission-critical distributed systems • Excellent communication skills and ability to partner effectively in a fully remote environment • Ability to discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences • Experience with GraphQL, gRPC, Thrift, Protobuf, and maintainable API design and implementation • Familiarity with Kubernetes and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP) • History of building clean, maintainable, and well-tested code • Media delivery expertise from back end systems to the user • Experience optimizing media performance, scalability, and delivery across different stages of the stack • Familiarity with media processing and global media distribution • Knowledge of image scaling, cropping, progressive JPEG, WebP, HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), MPEG-DASH, MP4, streaming protocols, and video compression standards including H.264, H.265/HEVC, VP9, and AV1 • Knowledge of distribution from user origin through CDN to the user experience

🏖️ 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 • Equity in the form of restricted stock units • Medical, dental, and vision insurance • Generous time off for vacation and parental leave • Interview recording, transcription, and summarization opt-out option

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