Staff Backend Engineer: Equity & Large-Scale Impact

Showcify; United States; Remote; USD 217,000 - 303,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Restricted stock units

Commission

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with employer match

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Reddit's Consumer Engineering organization is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to own cross‑functional product architecture and end‑to‑end delivery for high‑scale features. You will partner with PMs, Design, Data Science, and client engineers to ship low‑latency backend systems and scalable APIs (GraphQL/REST/gRPC) across iOS/Android/Web clients.

You’ll design experiments, analyze funnels with BigQuery/Firebase, mentor teammates, and apply AI‑assisted tooling to improve developer workflows while

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands‑on backend development experience building and operating large-scale distributed serving systems in high‑concurrency environments.
• Experience with designing scalable, low-latency APIs and services.
• Familiarity with modern tooling and AI-assisted engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Cross-Functional Product Architecture: Partner with Product Management, Design, Data Science, and Client Engineers to translate user needs into reliable backend solutions.
• End-to-End Delivery: Own the full software lifecycle for major initiatives from design to rollout and observability.
• Metrics & Experimentation-Led Engineering: Design, build, and evaluate A/B experiments using analytics tools to inform decisions.
• API & System Performance: Build and maintain scalable APIs and distributed backend services optimized for client consumption and UI performance.
• Technical Rigor & Modern Tooling: Establish engineering best practices and mentor teammates.

Skills

Go

Python

Java

Kotlin

Rust

C++

Tools

GraphQL

REST

gRPC

BigQuery

Firebase

Job description

Reddit's Consumer Engineering organization is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to own cross‑functional product architecture and end‑to‑end delivery for high‑scale features. You will partner with PMs, Design, Data Science, and client engineers to ship low‑latency backend systems and scalable APIs (GraphQL/REST/gRPC) across iOS/Android/Web clients.

You’ll design experiments, analyze funnels with BigQuery/Firebase, mentor teammates, and apply AI‑assisted tooling to improve developer workflows while