Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure Engineering

Reddit, Inc.

Seattle (WA)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 210,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare Benefits

Income Replacement Programs

401(k) With Employer Match

Global Benefits Programs

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, Inc. is seeking an experienced infrastructure engineer to design and deliver scalable backend systems. You will focus on authentication, authorization, identity, messaging, compute, and deployment platforms.

You will lead major projects from design through rollout and observability, mentor engineers, and help improve system performance and developer workflows across teams.

Qualifications

Five+ years of experience building internet-scale software.
CS degree or equivalent technical background.
Experience with Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP) and CI/CD.
Hands-on experience with distributed messaging systems.
Strong cross-functional communication.

Responsibilities

Design and deliver scalable backend systems focusing on authentication, authorization, identity, messaging, compute and deployment platforms.
Lead high-impact projects from technical design through rollout and observability, mentoring engineers and improving performance and developer workflows.

Skills

Distributed Systems

Infrastructure Engineering

Golang

Python

C++

Java

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

CI/CD

Distributed Messaging Systems

Authentication

Authorization

API Development

System Performance

A/B Testing

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

CI/CD

Job description

Design and deliver scalable, reliable infrastructure and backend systems, with a focus on authentication, authorization, identity, messaging, compute, and deployment platforms. Lead high-impact projects from technical design through rollout and observability, while collaborating across teams, mentoring engineers, and improving system performance and developer workflows.

Requirements

Candidates should have at least five years of experience building internet-scale software, preferably involving machine learning storage infrastructure, and experience with a general-purpose programming language such as Go, Python, C++, or Java. The role also calls for cloud infrastructure experience with Kubernetes, CI/CD, AWS, or GCP; hands-on work with distributed messaging systems; strong cross-functional communication; and a computer science degree or equivalent technical background.

Key Skills