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Full-Time

Senior Backend Engineer

Top of Funnel

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Reddit

Reddit

1,001-5,000 employees

Online platform for community discussions and content

Consumer Software
Consumer Goods
Entertainment

Compensation Overview

$190.8k - $267.1kAnnually

+ Equity + Commission

Senior

Remote in USA

Candidates must be located in CST & EST timezones.

Category
Backend Engineering
Software Engineering
Required Skills
Python
Airflow
Apache Kafka
GraphQL
Go
Redis
Cassandra
Requirements
  • 6+ years post-internship, full-time, hands-on, professional backend development experience with multiple parts of the backend stack.
  • Ability to design and implement complex distributed systems operating under high load with hundreds of thousands concurrent users.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and the ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical teams in a fully remote environment.
  • Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule.
  • You love to build new things and thrive in ambiguity and even failure. You care about innovation.
  • Experience developing consumer-facing public applications is preferred.
Responsibilities
  • Work cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute product and business strategies and build novel products and features that our users will love.
  • 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.
  • Work on complex projects, requiring massive scale and excellent system design, leveraging GraphQL, Cassandra, Kafka, Redis, S3 Airflow and others, building our services in Python and Go.

Reddit is an online platform that allows users to post, vote, and comment on content within various communities based on shared interests. Users can engage in discussions on a wide range of topics, from news and sports to entertainment and hobbies. The platform features a voting system where content can receive upvotes or downvotes, helping the most popular posts to gain visibility. This encourages active participation and fosters connections among users. Reddit generates revenue primarily through advertising, premium memberships, and the sale of virtual goods like Reddit Coins. Unlike many other social media platforms, Reddit's community-driven approach and focus on user-generated content set it apart, making it a unique space for discussions and sharing information.

Company Stage

IPO

Total Funding

$17.1B

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2005

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

7%

1 year growth

8%

2 year growth

25%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Reddit's successful IPO and strong market debut indicate robust investor confidence and potential for future growth.
  • The integration of AI and machine learning technologies can significantly enhance user engagement and advertising performance.
  • Reddit's diverse and active user base provides a rich environment for community-driven innovation and content creation.

What critics are saying

  • The introduction of a paid API and the resulting shutdown of third-party apps could alienate a portion of Reddit's user base.
  • Dependence on user-generated content means that Reddit must continuously manage and moderate to prevent harmful or inappropriate content.

What makes Reddit unique

  • Reddit's unique community-driven content model sets it apart from other social media platforms that rely more heavily on algorithmic content delivery.
  • The acquisition of Memorable AI enhances Reddit's advertising capabilities, making it more competitive in the digital ad space.
  • Reddit's partnership with OpenAI to integrate AI tools and provide content access is a strategic move that leverages cutting-edge technology to improve user experience.

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Benefits

Comprehensive health benefits

Flexible unlimited vacation days & monthly global wellness days

Family planning funds & 4+ months paid parental leave

Personal & professional development funds

Paid volunteer time off

Workspace & home office benefits