Backend Engineer, Business Experience

reddit; Canada; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social media platform in Canada is looking for a skilled software developer to join their Business Experience team. In this role, you will work on technical and product strategy for a new product, collaborating with cross-functional teams to build features users will love. Ideal candidates have a BS in Computer Science, experience in software development, and thrive in fast-paced environments.

Qualifications

• Hands-on software development experience in programming languages.
• Experience with GraphQL, REST, and API design.
• Ability to develop scalable and reliable systems.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams.
• Contribute to the development cycle from design to launch.
• Mentor junior engineers and improve workflows.

Skills

Software development

API design

Organizational skills

Communication

Entrepreneurial spirit

Education

BS degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Go

Python

Ruby

Java

C++

GraphQL

REST

Job description

Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information.

The Business Experience team’s mission is to empower brands, organizations and professionals to create engaging content for our communities while growing their presence on Reddit. This is a high impact role where you will be involved in technical & product strategy on a brand new product. You’ll have a chance to get in on the ground floor of a new product space with a revenue opportunity.

What You’ll Do

• Work cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute on product and business strategy and build novel products and features that our users will love.
• Contribute to the full development cycle: technical design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch. You’ll be reviewing code and design docs, giving feedback on product specs and mocks.
• Participate with a team of thoughtful, fast-moving, and motivated engineers. Contribute to standards that improve developer workflows, recommend best practices, and help mentor junior engineers on the team to grow their technical expertise.
• Continuously learn and improve your technical and non-technical abilities.

Who You Might Be

• BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience
• 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
• A track record of developing and improving highly scalable and reliable serving systems
• Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and to deliver projects on schedule
• Entrepreneurial spirit. You are self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action in fast-paced environments. You love to build new things and thrive in ambiguity and even failure
• Excellent communication skills. You partner effectively with teams in a fully remote environment and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences