Senior Backend Engineer — Compliance & Platform Trust (Remote)

Reddit, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 191,000 - 267,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401k match

Mental health support

Family planning

Job summary

Reddit, Inc. is seeking an experienced backend engineer to help shape compliant platform experiences for millions of users. You’ll work across Go, Python, and distributed systems, collaborating with product, design, and engineering teams in a fully remote environment.

The role emphasizes ownership from design through launch, mentoring teammates, and raising engineering standards while navigating a dynamic regulatory landscape.

Qualifications

• 5+ years backend development experience with multiple parts of the backend stack.
• Experience as a tech lead on projects and teams with 3+ backend engineers.
• Ability to design and implement complex distributed systems operating under high load.
• You must be self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action in fast-paced environments.
• Excellent communication skills in remote collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Shape the future of Reddit by adapting platforms to evolving privacy, security, and regulatory landscape.
• Partner with product, design, and engineering teams to build trusted, compliant experiences for millions of users.
• Join a highly visible team and influence technical and product strategy.
• Own product areas from design to launch, including testing and analysis.
• Lead high-impact cross-functional initiatives critical to Reddit’s platform integrity.
• Raise the bar for engineering by improving workflows and mentoring engineers.

Skills

Backend development

Go

Python

Postgres

Redis

Thrift

GraphQL

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Tech lead

Communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

PostgreSQL

Redis

Thrift

GraphQL

Go

Python

Job description

Reddit, Inc. is seeking an experienced backend engineer to help shape compliant platform experiences for millions of users. You’ll work across Go, Python, and distributed systems, collaborating with product, design, and engineering teams in a fully remote environment.

The role emphasizes ownership from design through launch, mentoring teammates, and raising engineering standards while navigating a dynamic regulatory landscape.