Senior Software Engineer, Reddit Pro - Publishers

Details

Reddit is a community of communities built on shared interests, passion, and trust. Reddit Pro’s mission is to empower brands, publishers, organizations and professionals to create engaging content and grow their presence on Reddit through advanced tooling and complementary monetized solutions.

Location: Remote - United States

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

Responsibilities

• Work cross-functionally and partner with product, design, and engineering 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.
• Move fast while balancing quality to avoid show-stopping bugs while delivering new products.

Requirements

• BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field, 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 projects that require cross-team and cross-functional collaborations.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize tasks and deliver projects on schedule.
• Entrepreneurial spirit: self-directed, innovative, and biased toward action in fast-paced environments; comfortable with ambiguity.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to partner effectively with teams in a fully remote environment and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences.

Benefits

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

Pay Transparency

The base salary range for this position is: $190,000 - $267,000 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. Final offers are determined by multiple factors including skills and relevant experience.

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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.