Reddit

Staff Software Engineer - Content Platform

Reddit$217K — $303K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience with large-scale software and distributed systems
  • BS, MS, PhD in Computer Science or similar field, or equivalent experience
  • Proficiency in general-purpose programming languages such as Golang, Python, C++, or Java
  • Experience with high-rate platform services and API design
  • Demonstrated technical leadership in delivering impactful engineering solutions
  • Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes, gRPC, Cassandra, TiDB, or Redis is advantageous

Responsibilities

  • Design, write, and deliver software for scalability and efficiency of Reddit's products
  • Analyze and improve a suite of legacy services and systems
  • Implement system-level enhancements and complex code modifications
  • Lead the platform's design evolution for upcoming growth
  • Identify and correct deficiencies in current designs
  • Collaborate with software engineers and stakeholders on storage integrations
  • Mentor and support backend engineers across the organization

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare and income replacement programs
  • 401k match by the employer
  • Global benefit programs supporting various lifestyle choices
  • Family planning assistance
  • Gender-affirming healthcare options
  • Mental health and coaching benefits
  • Flexible vacation policy and paid volunteer time off
  • Generous paid parental leave
Full Job Description
What You'll Do:As a Staff Engineer, you will lead the development of Content Platform at Reddit.
  • Design, write, and deliver software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Reddit's products in Go and sometimes Python
  • Dive deep into the codebase of a suite of services owned by the team as well as one of Reddit's monolith legacy stack
  • Be able to make system level improvements, enhancements and implement complex code modifications..
  • Own the design & evolution of our platform and build for the next 4+ years of continued scale and growth of Reddit
  • Identify gaps in our current designs and lead redesigns of our platform to improve developer velocity and enable Reddit growth
  • Work collaboratively with other software engineers from Infra and Product orgs
  • Collaborate closely with engineering teams and stakeholders to integrate storage capabilities into broader storage infrastructure and use cases across Reddit.
  • Mentor and guide other backend engineers across the company

Who You Might Be:
  • 7+ years of hands-on experience building internet-scale software, distributed systems or platforms used by other developers
  • BS, MS, PhD in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience
  • Software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages; Golang, Python, C++, Java
  • Prior experience and capability with scaled, high rate platform services, and API design. You are an undying advocate for the user, and you have a deep intuition for how critical infra systems work at scale
  • Demonstrated history of technical leadership, successfully guiding engineering teams to deliver impactful, high-quality solutions
  • Exceptional communication skills with a strong ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders
  • Experience with (or curiosity to learn about) Kubernetes, gRPC, Cassandra, TiDB, Redis is a huge plus

Benefits:
  • Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
  • 401k with Employer Match
  • Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
  • Family Planning Support
  • Gender-Affirming Care
  • Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
  • Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
  • Generous Paid Parental Leave


Pay Transparency:

This job posting may span more than one career level.

In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/.

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base salary ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.

The base salary range for this position is:

$217,000-$303,900 USD

In select roles and locations, the interviews will be recorded, transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI). You will have the opportunity to opt out of recording, transcription and summarization prior to any scheduled interviews.

During the interview, we will collect the following categories of personal information: Identifiers, Professional and Employment-Related Information, Sensory Information (audio/video recording), and any other categories of personal information you choose to share with us. We will use this information to evaluate your application for employment or an independent contractor role, as applicable. We will not sell your personal information or disclose it to any third party for their marketing purposes. We will delete any recording of your interview promptly after making a hiring decision. For more information about how we will handle your personal information, including our retention of it, please refer to our Candidate Privacy Policy for Potential Employees and Contractors.

About Reddit

Reddit is an American social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website. Registered members submit content to the site such as links, text posts, images, and videos, which are then voted up or down by other members. Posts are organized by subject into user-created boards called "communities" or "subreddits", which cover topics such as news, politics, religion, science, movies, video games, music, books, sports, fitness, cooking, pets, and image-sharing. Submissions with more upvotes appear towards the top of their subreddit and, if they receive enough upvotes, ultimately on the site's front page. Although there are strict rules prohibiting harassment, it still occurs, and Reddit administrators moderate the communities and close or restrict them on occasion. Moderation is also conducted by community-specific moderators, who are not considered Reddit employees. As of September 2021, Reddit ranks as the 19th-most-visited website in the world and 7th most-visited website in the U.S., according to Alexa Internet. About 42–49.3% of its user base comes from the United States, followed by the United Kingdom at 7.9–8.2% and Canada at 5.2–7.8%. Twenty-two percent of U.S. adults aged 18 to 29 years, and 14 percent of U.S. adults aged 30 to 49 years, regularly use Reddit. Reddit was founded by University of Virginia roommates Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, with Aaron Swartz, in 2005. Condé Nast Publications acquired the site in October 2006. In 2011, Reddit became an independent subsidiary of Condé Nast's parent company, Advance Publications. In October 2014, Reddit raised $50 million in a funding round led by Sam Altman and including investors Marc Andreessen, Peter Thiel, Ron Conway, Snoop Dogg, and Jared Leto. Their investment valued the company at $500 million then. In July 2017, Reddit raised $200 million for a $1.8 billion valuation, with Advance Publications remaining the majority stakeholder. In February 2019, a $300 million funding round led by Tencent brought the company's valuation to $3 billion. In August 2021, a $700 million funding round led by Fidelity Investments raised that valuation to over $10 billion.
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