Join Reddit as a Backend Engineer to enhance moderation tools for vibrant online communities in a fully remote role.
Requirements
- Experience
- 2–5 years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Backend Engineer for Moderation Enforcement at Reddit, the individual will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and enhance features that support community moderators. Key skills include proficiency in programming languages like Go or Python, as well as experience with API design and development. This position is ideal for someone with 2-5 years of software development experience who thrives in dynamic environments and possesses strong communication abilities. Reddit's focus on community-driven content makes this a pivotal role in shaping user engagement.
Joblaze insights
- Listed 14 days ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Reddit's career page.
- Reddit has 196 other open roles including Senior Machine Learning Engineer, ML Efficiency, Senior Frontend Engineer, Ads Creative, Senior Product Adoption Strategist, Shopping.
- 2585 active Python roles on Joblaze right now.
- 913 active Go roles on Joblaze right now.
- 108 active GraphQL roles on Joblaze right now.
- Salary band is in line with the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$166,000).
- Pays more than 54% of the 1513 salaried Python roles we track (median $160,000).
Quick facts
- Is the Backend Engineer, Moderation Enforcement role remote?
- Yes — Reddit lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Reddit lists $164,200–$229,900 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- 2–5 years of relevant experience for this Backend Engineer, Moderation Enforcement role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: GraphQL, gRPC, HTTP, Go, Python, Thrift.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Reddit targets mid-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Backend Engineer, Moderation Enforcement role at Reddit.
From the original posting
Reddit is continuing to grow our teams with the best talent. This role is completely remote friendly within the United States. If you happen to live close to one of our physical office locations (San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City & Chicago) our doors are open for you to come into the office as often as you'd like
The Moderation organization’s mission lies at the core of Reddit's success as a platform: we build features that enable moderators to create and grow meaningful, destination communities. Moderators are a key pillar of Reddit’s success, and act as community leaders and tastemakers, ensuring there’s something on Reddit for everyone. This team drives several core product metrics for the entire Reddit ecosystem.
This is a high impact role where you will drive related technical & product strategy, operations, architecture, and execution for one of the largest sites in the world.
What You’ll Do:
- Work cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute on product and business strategy and build novel products and features that our users will love.
- Contribute to the full development cycle: technical design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch. You’ll be reviewing code and design docs, giving feedback on product specs and mocks.
- Continuously learn and improve your technical and non-technical abilities.
Who You Might Be:
- 2-5 years of software development industry experience in an enterprise environment
- BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.
- Proficiency with one or more general-purpose programming languages; Go or Python (required), Rust, Ruby.
- Experienced with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, Thrift or gRPC basics, and the ability to design and implement maintainable APIs.
- Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule.
- Entrepreneurial spirit. You are self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action in fast-paced environments. You love to build new things and thrive in ambiguity and even failure.
- Excellent communication skills. You collaborate effectively with teams in a fully remote environment and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences.
Benefits:
- Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
- 401k with Employer Match
- Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
- Family Planning Support
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
- Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
- Generous Paid Parental Leave
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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/.
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