Backend Engineer, Reddit Pro for Publishers

Details

Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 101M+ daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit http://redditinc.com/.

The Reddit Pro team’s mission is to empower brands, publishers, organizations and professionals to create engaging content for our communities while growing their presence on Reddit through Reddit Pro. Reddit Pro is an ongoing initiative that offers advanced tooling for businesses that unlocks the power of Reddit’s 100k active communities & conversations – where opinions are formed and decisions are made. Longer term, businesses will also be able to build on this deep relationship with their Reddit communities by leveraging complementary monetized solutions from Reddit.

This is a high impact role where you will be involved in technical & product strategy and have a chance to get in on the ground floor of a new product space.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Contribute to the full development cycle: technical design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch.
• Review code and design docs, give feedback on product specs and mocks.
• Participate with a team of thoughtful, fast-moving, and motivated engineers; contribute to standards that improve developer workflows and recommend best practices.
• Mentor engineers on the team to grow their technical expertise.
• Contribute to strategic planning and decision-making processes for backend development.

Requirements

• BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of coding experience in a production setting writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
• 2+ years of industry experience designing large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience with object-oriented programming languages such as (but not limited to) Golang, Python, or Java.
• Experience with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, Thrift or gRPC basics, and the ability to design and implement maintainable APIs.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule.
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with a track record of mentoring and developing junior engineers.
• Entrepreneurial spirit: self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action in fast-paced environments; comfortable with ambiguity and iteration.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
• 401(k) 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

Pay Transparency

The base pay range for this position is: $164,000 - $229,000 USD

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. Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off, and parental leave.

Interview & Candidate Privacy

In select roles and locations, interviews may be recorded, transcribed and summarized by AI. Candidates will be able to opt out before scheduled interviews. During the interview, Reddit may collect identifiers, professional and employment-related information, sensory information (audio/video), and other information candidates choose to share. Recordings will be deleted promptly after making a hiring decision. For more information, see the Candidate Privacy Policy: https://redditinc.com/policies/candidate-privacy-policy.

Equal Opportunity

Reddit is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans during the application process. If an accommodation is needed, notify your recruiter.