Senior Software Engineer, Storage

Quiet Capital; United States; On-site; USD 217,000 - 303,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) program with employer match

Generous time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Quiet Capital is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to tackle large scale storage infrastructure challenges. This role requires 5+ years of experience with internet-scale software and a solid grounding in programming languages such as Golang, Python, C++, and Java.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing long-term technical strategies, maintaining data storage systems, and mentoring fellow engineers. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, alongside a competitive salary range of $217,000 – $303,900 USD.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building internet-scale software, preferably with a focus on machine learning storage infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience implementing features, optimizations, and bug fixes to distributed storage systems.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to developing the team and organization's long term technical strategy.
• Refine and maintain our data storage infrastructure.
• Own the infrastructure that supports data writes, reads and storage.
• Mentor other engineers on how to design, build, and evangelize services.

Skills

Golang

Python

C++

Java

Communication skills

Storage technologies like Postgres

Education

Degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical field

Tools

Cassandra

Redis

Memcache

Job description

The Storage Infra team is looking to hire a Senior Software Engineer who is excited to solve large scale storage infrastructure problems.

In your day-to-day, you can expect to:

• Contribute to developing the team and organization's long term technical strategy.
• Refine and maintain our data storage infrastructure to support the storage and caching needs of products supporting hundreds of millions of users.
• Own the infrastructure (managed and self-hosted) that supports data writes, reads and storage along with the necessary tooling and automation to efficiently operate the infrastructure.
• Mentor other engineers on how to design, build, and evangelize services used by hundreds of engineers across Reddit.

Who you might be:

• 5+ years of experience building internet-scale software, preferably with a focus on machine learning storage infrastructure.
• Software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages; Golang, Python, C++, Java.
• Hands-on experience implementing features, optimizations, and bug fixes to distributed storage systems.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with stakeholders in engineering, data science, machine learning, and product.
• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical field.
• Experience working closely with Storage technologies like Postgres, Mysql, Cassandra, Redis, Memcache is a huge plus!

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. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/.

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base salary ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.

Base salary range for this position: $217,000 — $303,900 USD

In select roles and locations, the interviews will be recorded, transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI). You will have the opportunity to opt out of recording, transcription and summarization prior to any scheduled interviews.

During the interview, we will collect the following categories of personal information: Identifiers, Professional and Employment-Related Information, Sensory Information (audio/video recording), and any other categories of personal information you choose to share with us. We will use this information to evaluate your application for employment or an independent contractor role, as applicable. We will not sell your personal information or disclose it to any third party for their marketing purposes. We will delete any recording of your interview promptly after making a hiring decision. For more information about how we will handle your personal information, including our retention of it, please refer to our Candidate Privacy Policy for Potential Employees and Contractors.

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.