Senior Software Engineer, Media Experience
RedditSocial Media company
United States$190,000 - $267,000 USDSenior
Fidelity Investments
Andreessen Horowitz
Sequoia Capital
Coatue
Vy Capital
Sam Altman
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Senior Software Engineer to build and scale Reddit's media infrastructure for video and audio content.
- •Reddit is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build the next version of its media infrastructure.
- •This role involves defining technical components for ingesting, processing, storing, and delivering video and audio content at scale.
- •Key Responsibilities Work cross-functionally with product, design, and engineering to build novel products and features.
- •Contribute to the full development cycle: technical design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch.
- •Review code and design docs, and provide feedback on product specs and mocks.
- •Collaborate with client and platform engineers to improve media performance globally.
- •Requirements BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience. 3+ years of industry experience in large-scale distributed systems. 5+ years of professional software development experience in Go, Python, Ruby, Java, or C++.
- •Experience with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, gRPC, Thrift basics, and API design.
- •Experience with distributed caching layers and large-scale data storage systems like Redis.
Required skills
GoPythonRubyJavaC++GraphQLgRPCRedis
Nice-to-have skills
SQL
Domain expertise
media
Benefits & perks
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, Equity
Tech stack
GoPythonRubyJavaC++GraphQLgRPCRedis