Role at a glance
- Salary
- $164.2K – $229.9K/yr
- Location
- Remote - US
- Work arrangement
- Remote
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 3+ years of software engineering experience in a production setting
- Education
- BS in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience
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Role Summary
The Content Platform team within Reddit’s Infrastructure organization builds and operates Tier-0 services, core data models, and the R2 monolith legacy stack that support content experiences such as feeds, posting, commenting, and upvoting. This software engineering role focuses on building scalable, fault-tolerant, self-service systems that improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Reddit’s products.
What You'll Do
- Design, write, and deliver software mostly in Go and sometimes in Python
- Improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Reddit’s products
- Develop system-level improvements, enhancements, and complex code modifications
- Identify gaps in the current platform and help evolve it for future growth
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and solicit customer feedback
- Share on-call responsibilities and support monitoring and alerting to improve system reliability
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3+ years of software engineering experience; BS in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience; proficiency in one or more backend programming languages such as Golang, Python, C++, or Java; experience with databases such as Cassandra, Postgres, or Redis; experience with modern cloud-based infrastructure such as Kubernetes, gRPC, AWS, or GCP; strong communication skills and a desire to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Required
- 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
Preferred
- Prior experience with scaled, high rate platform services and API design
Original job description
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Original job description
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This role is remote friendly. Reddit has a flexible first workforce.
Who We Are:
The Infrastructure organization enables Reddit to deliver Reliability, Performance and Efficiency, with a single opinionated technology stack. The Content Platform team within Infrastructure additionally focuses on empowering product teams to build the best possible Content-related experiences, easily and reliably. This is a high-impact team that owns the Tier-0 services and core data models that power some of the most visible aspects of our product - viewing a feed, posting, commenting, upvoting - and we work closely with teams like Consumer, Ads, Feeds, Storage and Ranking. This team is also responsible for running and maintaining R2 – Reddit’s monolith legacy stack that is pretty much in the critical path for every Critical User Journey at Reddit.
We are looking to hire a Software Engineer to help us in this mission. This is a high impact role where your passion for building and maintaining high quality code, scaling Tier-0 infrastructure and building high-leverage platform services will enable our partner product teams to deliver tangible user value.
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.
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Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve. Reddit is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during the interview process, please let your recruiter know.
About the company
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Reddit is a social media platform that allows users to share content, engage in discussions, and participate in communities known as "subreddits," each focused on specific interests or topics. Founded in 2005, Reddit has grown into one of the largest online forums, fostering a diverse space for information exchange, news sharing, and entertainment. Its unique upvote and downvote system empowers users to curate content, while the platform's anonymity encourages open dialogue and creativity among a global audience. With a strong focus on user-generated content, Reddit continues to be a prominent destination for individuals seeking connection and community online.
Reddit is a social media platform that allows users to share content, engage in discussions, and participate in communities known as "subreddits," each focused on specific interests or topics. Founded in 2005, Reddit has grown into one of the largest online forums, fostering a diverse space for information exchange, news sharing, and entertainment. Its unique upvote and downvote system empowers users to curate content, while the platform's anonymity encourages open dialogue and creativity among a global audience. With a strong focus on user-generated content, Reddit continues to be a prominent destination for individuals seeking connection and community online.