Director of Engineering
Platform
Posted on 2/14/2023
INACTIVE
Online community for diverse interests and discussions.
Company Overview
Reddit, Inc. is a leading company that fosters a vibrant and diverse online community with over 100,000 communities. With its user-driven content submission, voting, and commenting system, Reddit offers a unique platform for individuals to connect, share, and explore their interests. Joining Reddit means becoming part of a dynamic team that empowers users to dive into anything they are passionate about.
Data & Analytics
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$2.1B
Founded
2005
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Growth & Insights
Headcount
6 month growth
↑ 0%1 year growth
↑ 12%2 year growth
↑ 30%Locations
Remote • United States
Experience Level
Entry
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Desired Skills
Go
Redis
CategoriesNew
Software Engineering
Requirements
- 6+ years experience of managing teams of software and infrastructure engineers
- 10+ years of experience developing internet-scale software, preferably in backend roles
- Professional experience and capability with scaled, high rate platform services, and API design
- Track record of assembling high functioning organization
- Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule
- BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience
Responsibilities
- Develop, drive and execute a long term vision and strategy for Core Services to be leveraged by all of Reddit's products
- Coordinate across product and engineering teams to understand and widely socialize Reddit's core service priorities across all of our products
- Deliver and maintain a long term roadmap for core service capabilities and supported/recommended interfaces for development
- Establish a stronger Platform-Product interface for feature tracking and prioritization, and provide an opinionated and trusted voice for guiding these decisions
- Support the reliable operation of these systems as a Platform for Reddit products, and allow us to rapidly deliver reliable, performant, and efficient services to our end users
- Drive the identification and scoping of data access and auditability requirements for across core services, in order to support operation as a public company
- Evolve our backend tech stack using modern and internal supported options (Golang, Redis, etc)
- Lead, manage and grow high-caliber engineering teams
- Provide mentorship and growth opportunities for team members and leaders to evolve in their roles at a company scale
- Set and support a culture of metrics driven Quality, with efficient processes and strong transparency
- Help Reddit reach its goal of bringing community and belonging to everyone