Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform

Reddit; United States; On-site; USD 190,800 - 267,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits

401(k) with Employer Match

Global Benefit programs

Family Planning Support

Mental Health & Coaching Benefits

Job summary

Reddit is looking for a Senior Engineer to join their Core Platform team. The role involves developing innovative solutions to scale Reddit and mentoring junior engineers. This position directly impacts millions of users globally.

Candidates should have 5+ years of experience in large-scale distributed systems and strong software development skills in Golang or Python. Benefits include comprehensive healthcare, a 401(k), and equity options.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with large‑scale, mission‑critical distributed systems.
• Excellent communication skills to partner effectively in a fully remote environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and design innovative solutions to scaling Reddit.
• Build platform API projects that scale across the organization.
• Mentor and coach junior engineers.

Skills

Software development experience in Golang or Python

Experience with large‑scale, mission‑critical distributed systems

Excellent communication skills

Familiarity with API platform service architectures

History of building clean, maintainable, and well‑tested code

Media delivery expertise

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 126 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information.

The Core Platform team facilitates millions of API requests running the Core API Platform for Reddit. Core Platform is responsible for the APIs that build our listings, enabling posts, comments, media and many more features and data models that are the sources of truth for Reddit.

As a Senior Engineer on this team, you’ll be a technical coach and mentor. You’ll draw on your technical expertise to ensure these systems have high uptime and strong performance while working with others to build a roadmap to match the needs of an ever‑growing engineering organization. You’ll work with your teammates to build and scale a media platform which will fuel the next wave of Reddit’s growth. Your work will directly impact hundreds of millions of users around the world.

Responsibilities

• Develop and design new and innovative solutions to scaling Reddit
• Build platform API projects that scale to the rest of the organization
• Mentor and coach more junior engineers on your direct team to achieve our mission
• Build, deliver, and operate services that scale to hundreds of thousands of transactions per second at 5+ 9’s of availability
• Help optimize Reddit’s media experience for hundreds of millions of users across the world.

Qualifications

• Software development experience in Golang or Python
• 5+ years of experience with large‑scale, mission‑critical distributed systems.
• Excellent communication skills. Partner effectively with teams in a fully remote environment and discuss complex topics with technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Familiarity with API platform service architectures.
• History of building clean, maintainable, and well‑tested code.
• Media delivery expertise from back end systems to the user. Experience optimizing media performance, scalability, and delivery by improving different stages of the stack.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
• 401(k) with Employer Match
• Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
• Family Planning Support
• Mental Health & Coaching Benefits

Pay Transparency

This job posting may span more than one career level.

In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave.

The base salary range for this position is: $190,800 - $267,100 USD.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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.

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