United States · Remote OK
$217k–$303k/yr
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the…
Skills: Go, Typescript, Redis, Distributed SQL, Kubernetes
United States · Remote OK
$299k–$419k/yr
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the…
Skills: Product Management, Ads Platform Strategy, Team Leadership, Roadmap Definition, Customer Lifecycle Management
United States · Remote OK
$217k–$303k/yr
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the…
Skills: Technical Architecture, Distributed Systems, Media Infrastructure, Video And Audio Processing, CDN Routing
London, England, United Kingdom · On-site
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the…
Skills: Digital Media Sales, Prospecting, Client Acquisition, Account Management, Revenue Forecasting
London, England, United Kingdom · On-site
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the…
Skills: Client Onboarding, Campaign Optimization, Data Analysis, A/B Testing, Audience Segmentation
New York, New York, United States · Remote OK
$191k–$267k/yr
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the…
Skills: Golang, Python, Distributed Systems, API Platform Architecture, Media Delivery
Chicago, Illinois, United States · Remote OK
$191k–$267k/yr
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the…
Skills: Golang, Python, Distributed Systems, API Platform Architecture, Media Delivery
Los Angeles, California, United States · Remote OK
$191k–$267k/yr
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the…
Skills: Golang, Python, Distributed Systems, API Platform Architecture, Media Delivery
United States · Remote OK
$191k–$267k/yr
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the…
Skills: Golang, Python, Distributed Systems, API Platform Architecture, Media Delivery
San Francisco, California, United States · Remote OK
$191k–$267k/yr
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the…
Skills: Golang, Python, Distributed Systems, API Platform Architecture, Media Delivery
United States · Remote OK
$164k–$230k/yr
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the…
Skills: Python, Scala, Go, Java, Spark
United States · Remote OK
$217k–$304k/yr
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the…
Skills: Distributed Storage Systems, Golang, Python, C++, Java
United States · Remote OK
$230k–$322k/yr
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the…
Skills: Large-scale Recommendation Systems, PyTorch, Tensorflow, LLM Production, Generative AI
United States · Remote OK
$190k–$267k/yr
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the…
Skills: Distributed Systems, Go, Python, Ruby, Java
United States · Remote OK
$217k–$304k/yr
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the…
Skills: Technical SEO, Product Management, Programmatic SEO, Structured Data, Crawl Optimization
Stockholm, Sweden · Remote OK
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the…
Skills: Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, PyTorch, TensorFlow
United Kingdom · Remote OK
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the…
Skills: Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, PyTorch, TensorFlow
Stockholm, Sweden · Remote OK
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the…
Skills: Site Reliability Engineering, Distributed Systems, Cloud Native Architecture, Linux Systems, Networking
Ireland · Remote OK
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the…
Skills: Site Reliability Engineering, Distributed Systems, Cloud Native Architecture, Linux Systems, Observability
London, England, United Kingdom · Remote OK
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the…
Skills: Site Reliability Engineering, Distributed Systems, Cloud Native Architecture, Observability, Go
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Build and maintain the underlying infrastructure and new features for the developer platform, such as SQL database as a service. Contribute to the full development lifecycle, including technical design, code reviews, and team strategy planning.
Requires 7+ years of industry experience in backend or infrastructure with proficiency in Go, Typescript, Redis, and Kubernetes. Candidates must demonstrate technical leadership in large-scale projects and the ability to collaborate in a remote environment.
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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!
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The heart of the internet, where millions gather for conversation and community.
Reddit is the heart of the internet, where millions of people get together to talk about any topic imaginable. Share, vote, and decide what matters in everything from breaking news, to fandoms, lifehacks, gaming, sports, health, and the internet’s cutest animals. With over 100,000 subreddit communities about every topic you could think of (and thousands more you couldn’t), whatever it is, there’s a place for you on Reddit. Interested in joining our growing team? Check out redditinc.com/careers.
Offices: San Francisco, California 94103, US
The heart of the internet, where millions gather for conversation and community.
Reddit is the heart of the internet, where millions of people get together to talk about any topic imaginable. Share, vote, and decide what matters in everything from breaking news, to fandoms, lifehacks, gaming, sports, health, and the internet’s cutest animals. With over 100,000 subreddit communities about every topic you could think of (and thousands more you couldn’t), whatever it is, there’s a place for you on Reddit. Interested in joining our growing team? Check out redditinc.com/careers.
Offices: San Francisco, California 94103, US
