Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Reddit's dynamic engineering team and contribute to the development of innovative products and features for millions of users. We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to work across various teams, including Reddit Pro, Consumer Profiles, Ranking Foundation, and User Economy. This role demands collaboration with product, design, and engineering teams to build scalable and reliable systems. You will participate in the full development lifecycle, from design and development to testing and launch. The ideal candidate possesses strong technical skills, experience with large-scale distributed systems, and a proven ability to lead projects. Reddit offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and a supportive work environment.

Requirements

• BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience
• 3+ years of industry experience in large-scale distributed systems
• 5+ years of hands-on, professional software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages (Go, Python, Ruby, Java, C++)
• Experienced with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, Thrift basics, and the ability to design and implement maintainable APIs
• Experienced with distributed caching layers, and distributed large scale data storage systems like Cassandra
• A track record of developing and improving highly scalable and reliable serving systems
• A track record of leading sized projects that require cross-team and cross-functional collaborations
• Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and to deliver projects on schedule
• Entrepreneurial spirit. You are self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action in fast-paced environments. You love to build new things and thrive in ambiguity and even failure
• Excellent communication skills. You partner effectively with teams in a fully remote environment and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences

Responsibilities

• Work cross-functionally 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
• Contribute to the full development cycle: technical design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch. You’ll be reviewing code and design docs, giving feedback on product specs and mocks
• Participate with a team of thoughtful, fast-moving, and motivated engineers. Contribute to standards that improve developer workflows, recommend best practices, and help mentor junior engineers on the team to grow their technical expertise
• Move fast while balancing quality. We can’t afford extensive processes, and we also can’t afford show-stopping bugs. We need someone who can balance speed with quality while quickly building brand-new products

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working with ML teams and systems is a plus, but not mandatory

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