Software Engineer, Content Platform
RedditSocial Media company
United States$164,200 - $229,900 USDSenior
Fidelity Investments
Andreessen Horowitz
Sequoia Capital
Coatue
Vy Capital
Sam Altman
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Software Engineer to build and maintain scalable, fault-tolerant content platform services.
- •Reddit is a community of communities.
- •This role is remote friendly and part of the Infrastructure organization, focusing on empowering product teams to build content-related experiences reliably.
- •The Content Platform team owns Tier-0 services and core data models powering key product features.
- •Key Responsibilities Design, write, and deliver software in Go and Python to improve availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency.
- •Dive deep into the codebase of Go services and a legacy Python stack.
- •Make system-level improvements and implement complex code modifications.
- •Identify and discuss platform gaps, evolving it for future growth.
- •Collaborate with cross-functional teams and solicit customer feedback.
- •Requirements 3+ years of software engineering experience in a production setting.
- •BS in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- •Proficiency in backend programming languages like Golang or Python.
- •Experience with databases like Cassandra, Postgres, or Redis.
- •Experience with modern cloud-based infrastructure like Kubernetes, gRPC, AWS/GCP.
Required skills
GoPythonKubernetesgRPCAWSGoogle CloudCassandraPostgreSQLRedis
Benefits & perks
Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs, 401k Match, Family Planning Support, Gender-Affirming Care, Mental Health & Coaching Benefits, Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days off, Generous paid Parental Leave, Paid Volunteer time off
Tech stack
GoPythonKubernetesgRPCAWSGoogle CloudCassandraPostgreSQLRedis