# Senior Software Engineer, Compute Platform

**Company:** [Reddit](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/reddit)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $191k – $267k/yr
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** Go, Kubernetes, Linux, Cgroups, Namespaces, Distributed Systems, APIs, SDKs, Controllers, Operators
**Posted:** 2026-05-08

> Builds Go-based software, Kubernetes controllers, and SDKs to automate and optimize Reddit's multi-cloud compute infrastructure, focusing on scalability, performance, and global fleet management. Requires 4+ years in infrastructure, Go proficiency, and Linux expertise.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

- Design and deliver software solutions in Go to improve the availability, scalability, and latency of Reddit’s compute infrastructure.
- Develop Kubernetes controllers and operators to automate cluster management, workload scheduling, and the reconciliation of complex system states.
- Build core tooling and SDKs that codify network configurations, managed services, and compute capacity tracking across a multi-region fleet.
- Optimize intra-cluster performance by developing reactive schedulers and detecting node-level characteristics to inform availability.
- Collaborate across the organization to provide technical feedback and automate critical development workflows and infrastructure operations.
- Participate in an on-call rotation (approximately one week every 8-9 weeks) to ensure the stability of our global scale systems.

## Required Qualifications

- 4+ years of experience developing internet-scale software with a heavy focus on infrastructure and distributed systems.
- Proficient in Go with a proven track record of building and managing Kubernetes services at scale.
- An expert in Linux internals, including a solid understanding of multi-tenancy primitives like cgroups and namespaces.
- A contributor to the open-source community, ideally within the infrastructure or CNCF domain.
- A self-starter capable of troubleshooting complex, cross-system issues and managing large projects independently.
- An excellent communicator who thrives in a collaborative, service-oriented environment.

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