Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join Reddit as a Software Engineer, Security Partner and play a crucial role in building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external partners to ensure the security and integrity of our systems and data. You will act as a trusted advisor, working closely with various teams to identify security risks, develop mitigation strategies, and drive security features in Reddit's products. This position demands a blend of technical expertise, business acumen, and excellent communication skills. You will be responsible for partnership management, security risk assessment and mitigation, security awareness and training, software engineering tasks, and incident response. The role requires deep experience with Golang and DevOps, a Bachelor's degree in a related field, and 5+ years of relevant experience. Reddit offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• Deep experience with Golang programming languages, and familiarity with DevOps technologies and capabilities to deploy code to production environments
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• 5+ years of experience in security partnerships, information security, or a related role
• Strong understanding of security principles, best practices, and industry standards (e.g., ISO 27001, NIST, SOX)
• Experience with threat modeling, security risk assessment and mitigation techniques
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Knowledge of cloud security (AWS, GCP), infrastructure components (Redis, Postgres, Cassandra), and distributed systems design
• Experience with vendor security assessments
• Experience with security compliance

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key internal stakeholders (engineering, product, legal, etc.) and external partners (vendors, clients, etc.)
• Act as a primary point of contact for security-related inquiries and issues for a particular subset of Reddit products
• Facilitate effective communication and collaboration between security teams and partner organizations
• Conduct threat modeling assessments of partner integrations, collaborations, and planned features
• Identify and evaluate potential security vulnerabilities and develop mitigation strategies
• Make recommendations and ship those recommendations with partner development teams to mitigate identified risks
• Ensure compliance with relevant security standards and regulations
• Promote security awareness and best practices among partners and internal teams
• Develop and deliver security training materials and presentations
• Stay up-to-date on the latest security trends and technologies
• Evangelize paved paths developed by Reddit security teams for adoption within product teams they cover
• Perform peer reviews of code related to security and privacy components
• Able to provide input and value to technical design discussions and decisions that touch on security and reliability features
• Act as a glue between infrastructure and development teams, flexing security troubleshooting skillset and ability to connect the dots and cross functional problems
• Participate in security incident response activities, providing technical expertise and support related to product security incident response
• Conduct post-incident reviews and develop recommendations for improvement

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with security automation, tooling, and LLM/AI usage
• Software engineering experience in a production environment
• Mobile security experience (native apps and mobile SDKs)

Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
• 401k Match
• Family Planning Support
• Gender-Affirming Care
• Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
• Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days off
• Generous paid Parental Leave
• Paid Volunteer time off
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) program with employer match
• Generous time off for vacation
• Parental leave