Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform

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

Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
• 401k with Employer Match
• Global Benefit programs (workspace, professional development, caregiving support)
• Family Planning Support
• Gender-Affirming Care
• Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
• Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
• Generous Paid Parental Leave
• Equity in the form of restricted stock units
• Commission eligibility (depending on position)