Reddit is hiring a
Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

Join the Vertical Experiences team as a Senior Engineer to create and scale features and services for international experiences on Reddit. You will design, build, and ship features, experiments, and products for millions of users. The role involves communicating effectively with the team, participating in product reviews, and contributing to the full development cycle.

Requirements

• 6+ years post-internship, full-time, hands-on, professional backend development experience with multiple parts of the backend stack, from databases to networking to computing infrastructure
• Ability to design and implement complex distributed systems operating under high load with hundreds of thousands concurrent users
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and the ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical teams in a fully remote environment
• Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule
• You love to build new things and thrive in ambiguity and even failure. You care about innovation

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship features, experiments and products for millions of users to support our international growth
• Communicate effectively, within the team and across disciplines. Work closely with product managers and designers to craft compelling user experiences
• Participate in product reviews and team meetings, providing technical insight. Help scope, estimate, and prioritize between conflicting needs
• Contribute to the full development cycle: technical design, development, test, experimentation and launch. You’ll be reviewing code and design docs, giving feedback on product specs and designs
• Participate with 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
• Continuously learn and improve your technical and non-technical abilities

Benefits

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