Backend Engineer, Reddit Pro for Publishers

Reddit; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social media platform located in Toronto is looking for a technical strategist to join their Reddit Pro team. This high-impact role involves product strategy, collaborative development, and mentoring junior engineers. Candidates should have a BS in Computer Science, at least three years of coding experience, and familiarity with major programming languages like Golang, Python, or Java. The company offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance and flexible vacation policies.

Benefits

Comprehensive Health benefits

Registered Retirement Savings plan

Flexible Vacation

Qualifications

• 3+ years of coding experience in a production setting writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
• 2+ years of industry experience designing large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, Thrift or gRPC basics.

Responsibilities

• Work cross-functionally to execute product and business strategy.
• Contribute to the full development cycle: design, development, testing, and launch.
• Participate in strategic planning for backend development.

Skills

Coding experience

Object-oriented programming

Leadership and communication skills

Organizational skills

Entrepreneurial spirit

Education

BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Golang

Python

Java

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. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 101M+ daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit redditinc.com.

The Reddit Pro team’s mission is to empower brands, publishers, organizations and professionals to create engaging content for our communities while growing their presence on Reddit through Reddit Pro. Reddit Pro is an ongoing initiative that offers advanced tooling for businesses that unlocks the power of Reddit’s 100k active communities & conversations – where opinions are formed and decisions are made. Longer term, businesses will also be able to build on this deep relationship with their Reddit communities by leveraging complementary monetized solutions from Reddit.

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

What You’ll Do:

• Work cross-functionally, collaborate and partner 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 engineers on the team to grow their technical expertise.
• Contribute to strategic planning and decision-making processes for backend development.

Who You Might Be:

• BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of coding experience in a production setting writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
• 2+ years of industry experience designing large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience with object-oriented programming languages such as but not limited to: Golang, Python, or Java
• Experienced with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, Thrift or gRPC basics, and the ability to design and implement maintainable APIs.
• Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule.
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with a track record of mentoring and developing junior engineers.
• 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.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Health benefits
• Registered Retirement Savings plan with matching contributions
• Income Replacement Programs
• Family Planning Support
• Gender-Affirming Care
• Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
• Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days Off

In select roles and locations, the interviews will be recorded, transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI). You will have the opportunity to opt out of recording, transcription and summarization prior to any scheduled interviews.

During the interview, we will collect the following categories of personal information: Identifiers, Professional and Employment-Related Information, Sensory Information (audio/video recording), and any other categories of personal information you choose to share with us. We will use this information to evaluate your application for employment or an independent contractor role, as applicable. We will not sell your personal information or disclose it to any third party for their marketing purposes. We will delete any recording of your interview promptly after making a hiring decision. For more information about how we will handle your personal information, including our retention of it, please refer to our Candidate Privacy Policy for Potential Employees and Contractors.

Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve. Reddit is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during the interview process, please let your recruiter know.