Staff Software Engineer – Media Infrastructure (Remote)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401k match

Global benefit programs

Family planning support

Gender-affirming care

Mental health coaching

Flexible vacation

Parental leave

Job summary

Reddit is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help us build the next version of our media infrastructure. You will define work on how we ingest, process, store, and deliver video and audio content at scale for a global audience.

You will collaborate with product, design, and other engineers, contribute to the full development cycle, mentor junior engineers, and balance speed with quality to ship brand-new media features while maintaining reliability.

Qualifications

• BS degree in computer science or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years in large-scale distributed systems.
• 7+ years in software development with Go, Python, Java, or C++.
• Experience with GraphQL/REST/gRPC and API design.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product, design, and engineering to deliver new media features.
• Contribute to the full development cycle: design, implement, test, and launch.
• Mentor junior engineers and improve developer workflows.
• Balance speed with quality to deliver brand-new products.

Skills

Large-scale distributed systems

Go / Python / Java / C++

API design (GraphQL/REST/gRPC)

Distributed caching (Redis)

Video processing knowledge

Remote collaboration

Education

BS in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

FFMPEG

GPAC

AVFoundation/VideoToolbox

SQL

Job description

Reddit is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help us build the next version of our media infrastructure. You will define work on how we ingest, process, store, and deliver video and audio content at scale for a global audience.

You will collaborate with product, design, and other engineers, contribute to the full development cycle, mentor junior engineers, and balance speed with quality to ship brand-new media features while maintaining reliability.