Join Reddit as a Staff Backend Engineer to enhance user safety through applied ML and cross-functional collaboration.
Posted by employer 9 hours ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 hour ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 hour ago
What you'll build
- Work cross-functionally with product, data science, and operations
- Contribute to the full development cycle
- Lead a team of engineers
- Innovate on new solutions
- Shape our roadmap
Must have
- 8+ years of software development experience
- BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Strong organizational skills
- Experience partnering with cross-functional teams
Nice to have
- Applied ML experience for a product or business solution
AI in the day-to-day
We focus on applied ML to improve our automated detection and enforcement.
Requirements
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Staff Backend Engineer for User Safety at Reddit, the individual will focus on developing and enhancing automated detection systems to maintain platform integrity. Proficiency in programming languages such as Go, Python, or Rust, along with experience in applied machine learning, is essential for success in this position. This role is ideal for seasoned engineers with a strong background in software development and a collaborative mindset, particularly those who thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments. The team emphasizes innovation and continuous improvement, contributing to one of the largest online communities.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 22, 2026. Last confirmed on Reddit's careers page October 22, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$181,000).
- Starts above 53% of 81 comparable staff backend roles in United States that list Go we track (median $214,800 across 35 companies). See Go salary trends
- Go appears in 33.2% of 307 comparable staff backend roles in United States; Ruby appears in 5.5% of 307 comparable staff backend roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Staff Backend Engineer, User Safety role remote?
- Yes — Reddit lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Reddit lists $217,000–$303,900 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 8 years of relevant experience for this Staff Backend Engineer, User Safety role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Go, Python, Ruby, Rust.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Reddit targets staff-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Staff Backend Engineer, User Safety 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 Safety and Moderation organization builds detection, automation and tools that help keep Reddit safe, healthy, and scalable in accordance with Reddit Rules. In this team on safety, we focus on proactive detection of platform violating content and users so we can take appropriate corrective action.
We’re looking for a Staff Backend Engineer, who has interest in using applied ML to improve our automated detection and applying appropriate enforcement. We are looking for an engineer who thrives in a dynamic environment, working across systems and product surfaces to drive impact.
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.
Responsibilities:
- Work cross-functionally with product, data science, operations and other engineering counterparts to execute on product and business strategy to keep our platform safe.
- Contribute to the full development cycle: ideation, technical design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch. You’ll be reviewing code and design docs,and help shape our roadmap.
- Lead a team of thoughtful, fast-moving, and motivated engineers. Set and define standards that improve developer workflows, recommend best practices, and help coach and mentor engineers on the team to further their professional development.
- Innovate on new solutions and continuously learn and improve your technical and non-technical abilities.
Required Qualifications:
- 8+ years of software development experience in one or more general-purpose programming languages; Go, Python, Rust, Ruby.
- BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.
- 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.
- Experience partnering effectively with cross-functional teams in a fully remote environment and the ability to discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences.
- [Bonus] Applied ML experience for a product or business solution.
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