Join Reddit as a Staff Software Engineer to build and scale backend systems for millions of users in a fully remote environment.
Posted by employer 5 hours ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 hour ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 hour ago
What you'll build
- Partner closely with cross-functional teams
- Own the full software lifecycle for major product initiatives
- Design, build, and evaluate A/B experiments
- Build and maintain scalable APIs
- Establish engineering best practices
Must have
- 7+ years of hands-on backend development experience
- Proficiency in modern backend languages such as Go or Python
- Expertise in designing and maintaining scalable APIs
Nice to have
- Experience with high-throughput caching layers
- Interest in using AI-assisted engineering tools
AI in the day-to-day
Use modern, AI-integrated tools to ship high-quality products efficiently.
Requirements
- Experience
- 7+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Staff Software Engineer within Reddit's Consumer Engineering team, the individual will focus on developing and optimizing backend systems that enhance user engagement and content discovery. Key skills include proficiency in modern backend languages like Go or Python, as well as experience with scalable API design and data analysis tools. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with over seven years of experience in high-concurrency environments, who thrive in collaborative, fast-paced settings. The team emphasizes a user-centric approach, leveraging data to inform engineering decisions.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today on Joblaze — tracked directly from Reddit's career page.
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- Salary band is above the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
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Quick facts
- Is the Staff Software Engineer, Consumer Engineering role remote?
- Yes — Reddit lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Reddit lists $217,000–$303,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 7 years of relevant experience for this Staff Software Engineer, Consumer Engineering role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Cassandra, Go, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, Python, REST.
- 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 Software Engineer, Consumer Engineering role at Reddit.
From the original posting
The Reddit Consumer Engineering organization builds and scales the products that Redditors use directly to discover content, participate in communities, and connect with others. Sitting at the intersection of large-scale distributed systems and core user journeys, Product Backend Engineers in Consumer Engineering partner directly with Product Managers, Designers, Data Scientists, ML Engineers, and Frontend Engineers to build, experiment with, and scale features that power how hundreds of millions of users discover, join, navigate, and engage with Reddit.
This centralized role hires across several high-impact consumer teams, including:
- Core Product & Feeds: Home Experience, Recommendations & Content Discovery, Content Contribution
- Community & Presence: Reddit Pro, Youth Experience & Teen Safety, Creator Tools
- Growth & Engagement: Authentication, Notifications, Social Sharing, SEO, Onboarding.
- Monetization & Conversion: Paid User Acquisition, Conversion Funnel Optimization
- Identity & Security: Account Management, Trust & Safety
What You’ll Do
- Cross-Functional Product Architecture: Partner closely with Product Management, Product Design, Data Science, and Client Engineers (iOS/Android/Web) to translate business and user needs into reliable, low-latency technical solutions.
- End-to-End Delivery: Own the full software lifecycle for major product initiatives from technical design docs and API contracts to development, testing, rollout, and observability.
- Metrics & Experimentation-Led Engineering: Design, build, and evaluate A/B experiments. Work with tools like BigQuery, HEX, or Firebase to analyze user behavior, conversion funnels, and retention loops to make data-backed engineering decisions.
- API & System Performance: Build and maintain scalable APIs (GraphQL, REST, gRPC) and distributed backend services optimized for client consumption and consumer UI performance.
- Technical Rigor & Modern Tooling: Establish engineering best practices, improve developer workflows, mentor teammates, and use modern, AI-integrated tools to ship high-quality products efficiently.
Who You Are
- User-Centric Mindset: An advocate for the user with an intuitive feel for product usability, interaction design, social dynamics, and user growth loops. You care deeply about why a feature is being built and its impact on the end user.
- Data-Informed & Hypothesis-Driven: Comfortable working alongside Data Scientists and PMs to design experiments, establish core performance metrics, and iterate quickly based on real-time feedback.
- Technical Rigor at Scale: 7+ years of hands-on backend development experience building and operating large-scale distributed serving systems in high-concurrency environments.
- Bias for Action: Self-directed, innovative, and comfortable navigating ambiguity in fast-paced product environments where balancing velocity with system reliability is essential.
- Collaborative Communicator: Outstanding communication skills with a track record of driving cross-functional alignment in fully remote or hybrid team environments.
Technical Qualifications
- Languages: Proficiency in modern backend languages such as Go or Python (or Java, Kotlin, Rust, C++).
- API Design: Expertise in designing and maintaining scalable, maintainable APIs using GraphQL, REST, or gRPC for native mobile and web applications.
- Data & Caching: Experience with high-throughput caching layers and distributed datastores (e.g., Redis, Cassandra, PostgreSQL).
- Modern Workflows: Experience or interest in using AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate development workflows.
Pay Transparency:
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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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