Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform
Senior engineer on the Core Platform team building and scaling Reddit's API platform and media systems. Requires 5+ years with large-scale distributed systems, Golang or Python, and media delivery expertise.
Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform
Senior engineer on Reddit's Core Platform team building and scaling high-throughput APIs and media services. Requires 5+ years with large-scale distributed systems, Golang or Python, and media delivery expertise.
191k – 267kNew York, NYBackend EngineeringRemote5+ YOE
About the role
Responsibilities
- Develop and design new and innovative solutions to scaling Reddit
- Build platform API projects that scale to the rest of the organization
- Mentor and coach more junior engineers on your direct team to achieve our mission
- Build, deliver, and operate services that scale to hundreds of thousands of transactions per second at 5+ 9’s of availability
- Help optimize Reddit’s media experience for hundreds of millions of users across the world
Requirements
- Software development experience in Golang or Python
- 5+ years of experience with large-scale, mission-critical distributed systems
- Excellent communication skills; partner effectively with teams in a fully remote environment and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences
- Familiarity with API platform service architectures
- History of building clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
- Media delivery expertise from back end systems to the user; experience optimizing media performance, scalability, and delivery by improving different stages of the stack
Nice-to-Haves
- Technical coaching and mentoring experience
Skills
GoPythonDistributed SystemsAPI DesignMedia DeliveryScalabilityPerformance OptimizationMentoring
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