Reddit is hiring a
Engineering Manager in Worldwide

Summary

The Growth team's mission is to connect users with Reddit’s core value of community while providing relevant content and experiences. The role involves building and managing a high-performing engineering team, collaborating with cross-functional teams, leading engineers, participating in the full development cycle, driving a culture of technical excellence, and planning, developing, and implementing backend service architecture and client platforms.

Requirements

• 2+ years building and managing high performing engineering teams
• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer developing user-facing applications
• Fluency working with product metrics and exposure to tools like GA, BigQuery etc
• Software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages; e.g. Python, Go, Swift, Kotlin, Rust, Java, C++
• Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule
• BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience
• Strong focus on user experience and usability. You are an undying advocate for the user, and you have a deep intuition for how people think and how they interact with software. Experience with social or e-commerce is a huge plus
• Entrepreneurial spirit. You must be self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action. You live to build new things and thrive in ambiguity
• Excellent communication skills. You must be able to collaborate with teams in a fully remote environment, and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences

Responsibilities

• Build and operate a high-caliber, inclusive team of engineers
• Work cross-functionally, collaborate and partner with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute on product and business strategy and build novel products and features that our users will love
• Lead a team of thoughtful, fast-moving, and motivated engineers
• Contribute to standards that improve developer workflows, recommend best practices, and help mentor engineers on the team to grow their technical expertise
• Participate in the full development cycle: design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch
• Drive a culture of technical excellence ensuring the right bets are taken with the highest quality
• You will be a key driver in the planning, development, and implementation across Reddit’s backend service architecture and our various client platforms, including native applications (iOS and Android) and Web
• Set and enable a culture of metrics led execution, with efficient processes and strong levels of transparency

Benefits

• Annual Personal & Professional development funds
• Comprehensive Health benefits
• Workspace benefits for your home office
• 401k Matching
• Family Planning Support
• Flexible Vacation (please use them!) & Monthly Global Wellness Days
• 4+ months paid Parental Leave
• Paid Volunteer time off