Join Reddit as a Staff Backend Engineer to build a highly available developer platform in a collaborative remote environment.
Skills & Technologies
Role intensity
40% coding
Requirements
- Experience
- 7+ years
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Staff Software Engineer will focus on developing and maintaining Reddit's backend infrastructure for its developer platform, ensuring high availability and low latency. Key skills include expertise in Go, Typescript, Redis, distributed SQL, and Kubernetes, along with a strong background in backend and infrastructure projects. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with over seven years of experience who thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments and possess a passion for building scalable software. The team emphasizes ownership and innovation, encouraging all members to contribute actively to strategic planning.
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.
- 1200 active Kubernetes roles on Joblaze right now.
- 913 active Go roles on Joblaze right now.
- 610 active TypeScript roles on Joblaze right now.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$166,000).
- Pays more than 82% of the 671 salaried Kubernetes roles we track (median $160,000).
Quick facts
- Is the Staff Software Engineer, DevPlatform 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, DevPlatform role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: TypeScript, Go, distributed SQL, Kubernetes, Redis.
- 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, DevPlatform role at Reddit.
From the original posting
Reddit is a platform that both celebrates and benefits from our users’ creativity. Tens of thousands of external developers are already building apps on our platform, but we can do so much more.
We are seeking a Staff Backend Engineer with a unique blend of skills and a wealth of experience to contribute to our innovative endeavors. In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in developing and maintaining our cutting-edge backend for the developer platform. You'll collaborate with colleagues from various backgrounds and specialties, harnessing our collective strengths to design and implement scalable and efficient solutions tailored to our business's multifaceted needs. If you're passionate about making a significant impact and thrive in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment, then we're excited to welcome you to our team!
What You’ll Be Working On
- Building a platform that is highly available, extremely reliable, low on latency, and at internet scale.
- Creating and driving our Storage as a service strategy.
- Building the technical foundation for future features and experiences.
- Creating a collaborative and supportive team with a strong sense of ownership.
Who You Might Be
- 7+ years of industry experience in backend, infrastructure, developer tools, or app platforms.
- Technical leader in the execution of large scale projects as well as day-to-day troubleshooting.
- Go, Typescript, Redis, distributed SQL, and Kubernetes experience.
- Mentoring and coaching other engineers as well as leading by example strong software engineering best practices.
- Passion for developing scalable, well-designed software that people love.
- Entrepreneurial spirit. On our team, everyone needs to act like a startup CEO. You must be self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action in fast-paced environments. You live to build new things and thrive in ambiguity and even failure.
- Excellent communication skills. You must be able to collaborate effectively with teams in a fully-remote environment, and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences.
Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain the underlying infrastructure of the developer platform.
- Build new features for external developers such as SQL db as a service.
- Contribute to the entire 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.
- Contribute meaningfully to team strategy. We give everyone a seat at the table and encourage active participation in planning for the future.
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
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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