Reddit is a community of communities where people can dive into anything through experiences built around their interests, hobbies, and passions. Our mission is to bring community, belonging, and empowerment to everyone in the world. Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on content, stories, and discussions about the topics they care about the most. From pets to parenting, there’s a community for everybody on Reddit and with over 50 million daily active users, it is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. For more information, visit redditinc.com.

“The front page of the internet," Reddit brings over 430 million people together each month through their common interests, inviting them to share, vote, comment, and create across thousands of communities.

Our mission is to bring community and belonging to everyone in the world. Reddit is a community of communities where people can dive into anything through experiences built around their interests, hobbies, and passions. With more than 50 million people visiting 100,000+ communities daily, it is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. From pets to parenting, skincare to stocks, there’s a community for everybody on Reddit. For more information, visit redditinc.com. 

The Core Platform team facilitates millions of API requests responsible for powering the Consumer, ML, Ads, Safety surfaces  for Reddit. 

What you’ll do

• Own the design & evolution of our Core Systems and build for the next 4 years of continued scale and growth of Reddit
• Identify gaps in our current designs and lead redesigns of our Core Platform to improve Developer Velocity and Reddit growth
• Define best practices and establish them as defaults for developers across the company.
• Be the go-to person for developers on complex problems in backend service development within the data space.
• Lead technically minded peers on your journey.

What we expect from you

• Deep understanding of how to build a sustainable software systems at a large scale engineering organization
• 10+ years of Software Development experience with at least 5+ years in a cloud environment (AWS/GCP).  Expert in at least two programming languages. 
• Experience in influencing larger (500+ engineers) organizations on technical direction/best practices
• Passion for developing scalable, well-designed software that improves developer’s lives while also seamlessly supporting scale and reliability
• Experience working with cross-functional teams such as design, product, business & data teams to deliver great experiences.
• Strong focus on user experience, usability, scalability, reliability and quality. You are an undying advocate for the user, and you have a deep intuition for how people & machines interact with software at scale.
• High empathy, excellent communication skills, and the ability to find compromise working across the entire engineering org.

Benefits:

• Comprehensive Health benefits
• 401k Matching
• Workspace benefits for your home office
• Personal & Professional development funds
• Family Planning Support
• Flexible Vacation (please use them!) & Reddit Global Days Off
• 4+ months paid Parental Leave
• Paid Volunteer time off

This role is US-based, and 100%, permanently remote.