Fullstack Software Engineer, Notifications Lifecycle

at Reddit

📍 United States

USD 164,000-229,000 per year

MIDDLE

✅ Remote

Tech Stack
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Details

Reddit is hiring a full-stack engineer for the Notifications team to design, build and scale products within the notifications system with a focus on end user experience. You'll work across the stack and with cross-functional teams such as Product, Machine Learning, and Data Science. Your work will directly impact hundreds of millions of users.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain backend services that handle notifications and emails, ensuring performance, security, and scalability.
Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, performant frontend features.
Contribute to the full development cycle: technical design, development, testing, experimentation, analysis, and launch. Write design docs and code and iterate based on feedback.
Collaborate with product managers, designers, data scientists, and other engineers to deliver high-quality products.
Contribute to the infrastructure that supports notifications and related services.

Technologies We Use

Languages: Go, Python, Typescript, GraphQL
Frameworks / Platforms: Spark, Kafka, Airflow
Datastores: BigQuery, Redis, Cassandra, PostgreSQL
Tools: Kubernetes, Docker

Requirements

3+ years software engineering experience, with experience building user-facing features from design to finish.
Full stack web development experience with a balance across modern web technologies and backend service code.
Familiarity with unit testing and other automated testing; ability to code with resiliency and fault tolerance in mind.
Operational experience supporting live ops for websites.
Strong collaboration skills: written/verbal communication, project leadership, and cross-functional teamwork.
Comfortable writing design docs, participating in experimentation and analysis, and working with Machine Learning / Data Science teams.

Benefits

Comprehensive healthcare benefits and income replacement programs
401(k) with employer match
Global benefits programs (workspace, professional development, caregiving support)
Family planning support and gender-affirming care
Mental health & coaching benefits
Flexible vacation & paid volunteer time off
Generous paid parental leave

Pay Transparency & Other Notes

Base salary range (US): $164,000 - $229,000 USD
Role may span more than one career level. Eligible to receive equity (RSUs) and, depending on position, may be eligible for commission.
Interviews in select roles/locations may be recorded, transcribed and summarized by AI; candidates may opt out prior to scheduled interviews. Candidate privacy and data handling policies are provided in the posting.