Senior Remote Media Systems Engineer

Reddit, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 267,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401k with employer match

Global benefits

Family planning support

Mental health & coaching

Job summary

Reddit, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build the next version of our media infrastructure. You will define the work on ingest, processing, storage, and delivery of video and audio content at Reddit.

Work with product, design, and engineering to ship features, review code, and mentor junior engineers. You will balance speed and quality while delivering brand-new media capabilities for a global audience.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
• 3+ years of industry experience in large-scale distributed systems
• 5+ years of hands-on software development in Go, Python, Ruby, Java, or C++
• Experience with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, gRPC, Thrift basics and API design
• Experience with Redis distributed caching
• Familiarity with image processing and delivery technologies
• Familiarity with streaming protocols (HLS, MPEG-DASH, MP4) and video compression standards
• Strong organizational and communication skills for remote collaboration

Responsibilities

• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and engineering to build features that scale
• Contribute through full development cycle: design, development, testing, and launch; review code and docs
• Mentor junior engineers and promote best practices across the team
• Balance speed and quality to deliver new products promptly
• Work with client and platform engineers to improve media performance globally

Skills

Distributed systems

Go/Python/Java

APIs GraphQL/REST/gRPC

Redis caching

Video streaming

Communication

Education

BS in Computer Science

Tools

FFMPEG

GPAC

AVFoundation

VideoToolbox

Job description

Reddit, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build the next version of our media infrastructure. You will define the work on ingest, processing, storage, and delivery of video and audio content at Reddit.

Work with product, design, and engineering to ship features, review code, and mentor junior engineers. You will balance speed and quality while delivering brand-new media capabilities for a global audience.