# Fullstack Software Engineer, Notifications Lifecycle

**Company:** [Reddit](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/reddit)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $164k – $229k/yr
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** Go, Python, TypeScript, GraphQL, Spark, Kafka, Airflow, BigQuery, Redis, Cassandra, Postgres, Kubernetes, Docker
**Posted:** 2026-05-21

> Full-stack engineer on the Notifications team designing and scaling backend services and frontend features for Reddit's notification system impacting hundreds of millions of users. Requires 3+ years experience with Go, Python, TypeScript, GraphQL, and modern web/backend tech.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services that handle notifications and emails while ensuring performance, security, and scalability.
- Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, performant frontend features.
- Contribute to the full development cycle: technical design, development, testing, experimentation, analysis, and launch.
- Write design docs and code, incorporating feedback from peers.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, data scientists, and engineers to deliver products.
- Contribute to supporting infrastructure.

## Technologies Used
- Languages: Go, Python, TypeScript, GraphQL
- Frameworks: Spark, Kafka, Airflow
- Datastores: BigQuery, Redis, Cassandra, PostgreSQL
- Tools: Kubernetes, Docker

## Requirements
- 3+ years of software engineering experience, including building user-facing features from design to finish.
- Full-stack web development experience with a balance across modern web technologies and backend services.
- Experience with unit testing and automated testing.
- Ability to code with resiliency and fault tolerance in mind.
- Operational experience supporting live operations for websites.
- Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional teams.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Skills in written/verbal communication, project leadership, engineering culture improvements.
- Experience working with teams outside of engineering.

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