Reddit - Software Engineer, Content Platform
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 • Who You Might Be: • Who You Might Be: • 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
• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs • Family Planning Support • Gender-Affirming Care • Mental Health & Coaching Benefits • Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days off • Generous paid Parental Leave • Paid Volunteer time off • Pay Transparency: • 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: • $164,200 - $229,900 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.
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