Software Engineer, Content Platform

Summary

Reddit is a community-driven platform built around shared interests, passion, and trust. The Software Engineer will help the Content Platform team build and maintain scalable, fault-tolerant systems and Tier-0 infrastructure that power core Reddit experiences. The role involves developing backend services, improving platform reliability and efficiency, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and participating in on-call support.

Responsibilities

• Design, write, and deliver software (mostly in Go, sometimes in Python) to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Reddit’s products
• Dive deep into the codebase of a suite of Go services owned by the team as well as one of Reddit’s monolith Python legacy stack
• Be able to make system level improvements, enhancements and implement complex code modifications
• Develop judgment to identify and discuss gaps in our current platform; Help evolve it for next 2+ years of growth
• Work collaboratively with wide variety of cross-functional teams across Reddit; actively engage in soliciting customer feedback
• Collaborate with teammates to share on-call responsibilities and support monitoring/alerting to improve the reliability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Reddit
• Continue improving your own technical abilities, acumen and soft skills

Skills

• 3+ years of software engineering experience in a production setting writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
• BS in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience
• Proficiency in one or more backend programming languages like Golang, Python, C++, Java
• Experience working with one or more databases like Cassandra, Postgres, Redis
• Experience with modern cloud-based infrastructure like Kubernetes, gRPC, AWS/GCP
• Strong communication skills and a desire to collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Prior experience with scaled, high rate platform services and API design is a plus

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 3+ years of software engineering experience in a production setting writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
• BS in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience
• Proficiency in one or more backend programming languages like Golang, Python, C++, Java
• Experience working with one or more databases like Cassandra, Postgres, Redis
• Experience with modern cloud-based infrastructure like Kubernetes, gRPC, AWS/GCP
• Strong communication skills and a desire to collaborate with cross-functional teams

Nice to Haves

• Prior experience with scaled, high rate platform services and API design is a plus

Benefits

• This role is remote friendly. Reddit has a flexible first workforce.
• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
• 401k 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
• Equity in the form of restricted stock units
• Depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) program with employer match
• Generous time off for vacation, and parental leave