Staff Software Engineer – Content Platform

🕒 June 13

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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

• Design, write, and deliver software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Reddit’s products in Go and sometimes Python • Dive deep into the codebase of a suite of services owned by the team as well as one of Reddit’s monolith legacy stack • Be able to make system level improvements, enhancements and implement complex code modifications. • Own the design & evolution of our platform and build for the next 4+ years of continued scale and growth of Reddit • Identify gaps in our current designs and lead redesigns of our platform to improve developer velocity and enable Reddit growth • Work collaboratively with other software engineers from Infra and Product orgs • Collaborate closely with engineering teams and stakeholders to integrate storage capabilities into broader storage infrastructure and use cases across Reddit. • Mentor and guide other backend engineers across the company

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of hands-on experience building internet-scale software, distributed systems or platforms used by other developers • BS, MS, PhD in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience • Software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages; Golang, Python, C++, Java • Prior experience and capability with scaled, high rate platform services, and API design. You are an undying advocate for the user, and you have a deep intuition for how critical infra systems work at scale • Demonstrated history of technical leadership, successfully guiding engineering teams to deliver impactful, high-quality solutions • Exceptional communication skills with a strong ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders • Experience with (or curiosity to learn about) Kubernetes, gRPC, Cassandra, TiDB, Redis is a huge plus

🏖️ 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