Backend Engineer, IAM

Summary

Reddit is a community platform built around shared interests, passion, and trust. The Identity and Access Management team is seeking a Backend Engineer to design, build, and scale systems for user identity, authentication, and authorization while collaborating with product, security, client engineering, and backend teams.

Responsibilities

• Steer: Work with the team to select, scope, and execute on high leverage projects that align with Reddit’s goals
• Build: Execute on a strategy and create a more performant, more scalable, higher quality architecture around IAM
• XFN Collaboration: Work together with a variety of cross functional teams across Reddit Engineering
• Evolve: Learn and improve your own technical and non-technical abilities

Skills

• 3+ years of experience designing and developing distributed backend systems
• IAM backend experience in either authorization or authentication domain
• Proficiency in one or more general purpose programming languages (preferably Go)
• Capability with essential cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, CI/CD, AWS, GCP)
• High empathy and excellent communication skills to collaborate across the organization

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 3+ years of experience designing and developing distributed backend systems
• IAM backend experience in either authorization or authentication domain
• Proficiency in one or more general purpose programming languages (preferably Go)
• Capability with essential cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, CI/CD, AWS, GCP)
• High empathy and excellent communication skills to collaborate across the organization

Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
• 401k with Employer Match
• Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
• Family Planning Support
• Gender-Affirming Care
• Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
• Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
• Generous Paid Parental Leave
• Equity in the form of restricted stock units
• Depending on the position offered, commission may be available
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) program with employer match
• Generous time off for vacation, and parental leave
• Remote-friendly role with a flexible first workforce