Backend Engineer @ Reddit

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 topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 82M+ daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit redditinc.com.

The Core Experience organization’s mission is to empower people to participate in global conversations through communities. Contribution Experience specifically focuses on the user journey in creating posts and comments at Reddit, which is the main source of user content for the product. We aim to make it easier, faster, and smarter to create and participate in conversations, and we drive several core product metrics for the entire Reddit ecosystem.

This is a high impact role where you will own projects from ideation to production, working with our super-talented cross-functional team. You’ll closely collaborate with product and design teams, and be responsible for the engineering architecture and execution of key product features.

What You’ll Do:

Design, build, and ship backend services, experiments and products for millions of users.
Communicate effectively, within the team and across disciplines. Work closely with product managers and designers to craft compelling user experiences.
Contribute meaningfully to our team’s strategy. We give everyone a seat at the table and encourage active participation in planning our future. Don’t just come along for the ride.
Participate in product reviews and team meetings, providing technical insight. Help scope, estimate, and prioritize between conflicting needs.
Foster a healthy engineering culture and collaborate with other engineers.

Who You Might Be:

3+ years of software development experience in one or more general-purpose programming languages; Go, Python, Rust, Ruby.
Experienced with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, Thrift or gRPC basics, and the ability to design and implement maintainable APIs.
Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule.
BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.
Entrepreneurial spirit. You are self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action in fast-paced environments. You love to build new things and thrive in ambiguity and even failure.
Excellent communication skills. You collaborate effectively with teams in a fully remote environment and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences.

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

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/.

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.

The base pay range for this position is:

$164,200—$229,900 USD

Reddit is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at [email protected].

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