Senior Go Backend & Platform Engineering Lead

engineeringjobs.net, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare Benefits

Income Replacement Programs

401(k) With Employer Match

Professional Development Support

Caregiving Support

Family Planning Support

Gender-Affirming Care

Mental Health and Coaching Benefits

Flexible Vacation

Paid Volunteer Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Equity in the Form of Restricted Stock

Job summary

Reddit is seeking an accomplished backend engineer to design and build scalable systems, APIs, infrastructure, and developer tools that improve how our engineers write, test, review, deploy, and operate software in Chicago.

You will lead cross-team projects, mentor engineers, and partner with platform teams to boost reliability, usability, and productivity while shaping the developer experience across the stack.

Qualifications

• Requires at least five years of professional software development experience.
• Three years working with large-scale distributed systems, with strong production experience in Go.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-team projects and mentor engineers.
• Design and build scalable backend systems, APIs, and infrastructure.
• Improve reliability, usability, and productivity across developer tools and workflows.

Skills

Go

Backend Engineering

Distributed Systems

Platform Engineering

API Design

Kubernetes

Cloud Computing

Developer Tooling

Technical Leadership

Mentoring

Cross-Functional Collaboration

CI/CD

AI-Powered Workflows

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Cloud Platforms

Job description

Reddit is seeking an accomplished backend engineer to design and build scalable systems, APIs, infrastructure, and developer tools that improve how our engineers write, test, review, deploy, and operate software in Chicago.

You will lead cross-team projects, mentor engineers, and partner with platform teams to boost reliability, usability, and productivity while shaping the developer experience across the stack.