Backend Engineer, Reddit Pro for Publishers

Details

Reddit is a community of communities built on shared interests, passion, and trust and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. 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. This is a high-impact role where you will be involved in technical and product strategy and have the chance to get in on the ground floor of a new product space.

Responsibilities

• Work cross-functionally and collaborate with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute on product and business strategy.
• Build novel products and features for Reddit Pro, contributing to technical design, development, testing, experimentation, analysis, and launch.
• Review code and design docs, give feedback on product specs and mocks.
• Participate with a team of thoughtful, fast-moving engineers; contribute to developer workflow standards and recommend best practices.
• Mentor engineers on the team and help 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, biased towards action, comfortable in fast-paced environments and ambiguity.

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 & Hiring Notes

• Base pay range for this position: $164,000 - $229,000 USD.
• In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for equity (RSUs) and, depending on the position offered, commission.
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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 interview process.