Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Reddit is a community-driven platform built around shared interests, passion, and trust. The Software Engineer will help the Content Platform team build and maintain scalable, fault-tolerant systems and Tier-0 infrastructure that power core Reddit experiences. The role involves developing backend services, improving platform reliability and efficiency, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and participating in on-call support.
Responsibilities
- 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
Skills
- 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
- This role is remote friendly. Reddit has a flexible first workforce.
- 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
- Equity in the form of restricted stock units
- Depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) program with employer match
- Generous time off for vacation, and parental leave
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