Staff Software Engineer – Developer Ecosystem

🕒 September 4

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $217k - $303.9k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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Reddit, Inc.

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

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 and implement platform features that make the developer platform easier, faster, and more powerful • Lead major technical initiatives from early exploration through launch • Build systems and tools supporting future developer experiences • Work across backend, infrastructure, client, and full-stack components • Build and evolve core platform services and capabilities powering the developer experience • Create capabilities that help external developers build apps on Reddit • Contribute across technical design, development, testing, experimentation, analysis, and launch • Review code, design documents, product specifications, and user experiences • Shape team strategy and the future direction of the platform • Share knowledge, mentor teammates, and contribute to thoughtful ownership and team culture • Collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, other teams, Redditors, and reddit.com users

🎯 Requirements

• 6+ years of industry experience working on platform functionality, developer tools, full-stack products, or app platforms • Experience leading large-scale technical projects from design through delivery • API design and platform engineering experience • Familiarity with Go, TypeScript, GraphQL, React, Redis, relational / NoSQL databases, and working across the stack • Habit of using AI tools in daily work to improve productivity and software quality • Track record of mentoring engineers and raising software engineering practices through intentional efforts contributing to team culture • Passion for building high-quality software • Entrepreneurial mindset: self-directed, curious, comfortable with ambiguity, and eager to turn ideas into action • Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively in a fully remote environment • Ability to explain complex topics to technical and non-technical audiences • Contributions to open-source projects • Native mobile development experience • Experience building Reddit apps with the Devvit platform

🏖️ 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