What You’ll Do
As a software engineer, you will work with teammates and partner teams to create and improve scalable, fault tolerant, self-serve systems that comprise the Content Platform at Reddit. You will also:
Design, write, and deliver software (mostly in Go, sometimes in Python) to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Reddit’s products
Dive deep into the codebase of a suite of Go services owned by the team as well as one of Reddit’s monolith Python legacy stack
Be able to make system level improvements, enhancements and implement complex code modifications
Develop judgment to identify and discuss gaps in our current platform; Help evolve it for next 2+ years of growth
Work collaboratively with wide variety of cross-functional teams across Reddit; actively engage in soliciting customer feedback
Collaborate with teammates to share on-call responsibilities and support monitoring/alerting to improve the reliability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Reddit
Continue improving your own technical abilities, acumen and soft skills
Who You Might Be
3+ years of software engineering experience in a production setting writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
BS in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience
Proficiency in one or more backend programming languages like Golang, Python, C++, Java
Experience working with one or more databases like Cassandra, Postgres, Redis
Experience with modern cloud-based infrastructure like Kubernetes, gRPC, AWS/GCP
Strong communication skills and a desire to collaborate with cross-functional teams
Prior experience with scaled, high rate platform services and API design is a plus
Benefits
Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
401k Match
Family Planning Support
Gender-Affirming Care
Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days off
Generous paid Parental Leave
Paid Volunteer time off
Pay Transparency
This job posting may span more than one career level.
In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/.
To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base salary ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.
The base salary range for this position is
$164,200—$229,900 USD
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