Full-Time

Staff Software Engineer

Caching

Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

Reddit

Reddit

1,001-5,000 employees

Online platform for community discussions and content

Consumer Software
Entertainment

Compensation Overview

$217k - $303.9kAnnually

+ Equity + Commission

Senior, Expert

Company Historically Provides H1B Sponsorship

Seattle, WA, USA

Category
Backend Engineering
Software Engineering
Required Skills
MySQL
Java
Postgres
Go
Redis
C/C++
Cassandra

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Degree
Experience
Requirements
  • 7+ years of coding experience in a production setting writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
  • Excellent communication skills to collaborate with stakeholders in engineering, data science, machine learning, and product.
  • Experience with object-oriented programming languages such as Go, C++ or Java.
  • Degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical field.
  • Experience working closely with Storage technologies like Postgres, Mysql, Cassandra, Redis, Memcache is a huge plus!
Responsibilities
  • Contribute to developing the team and organization’s long term technical strategy.
  • Refine and maintain our data storage infrastructure to support the storage and caching needs of products supporting hundreds of millions of users.
  • Own the infrastructure (managed and self-hosted) that supports data writes, reads and storage along with the necessary tooling and automation to efficiently operate the infrastructure.
  • Mentor other engineers on how to design, build, and evangelize services used by hundreds of engineers across Reddit.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience working closely with Storage technologies like Postgres, Mysql, Cassandra, Redis, Memcache is a huge plus!

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 about a wide range of topics, from news and sports to entertainment and hobbies. The platform's unique voting system enables users to upvote or downvote posts and comments, which helps the most popular and relevant content to surface. 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 emphasizes community-driven content and discussions, making it a distinct space for users to interact and share their thoughts.

Company Stage

IPO

Total Funding

$1.2B

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2005

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

-2%

2 year growth

-1%
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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