Staff Backend Engineer, User Safety
About The Position
Reddit is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer for its Safety and Moderation organization. The team builds detection, automation, and tools to keep Reddit safe, healthy, and scalable in accordance with Reddit Rules. Its safety work focuses on proactively detecting platform-violating content and users so that appropriate corrective action can be taken. The engineer will apply backend engineering and potentially applied machine learning to improve automated detection and enforcement. This high-impact role drives technical and product strategy, operations, architecture, and execution. The position is remote-friendly within the United States. Employees near Reddit offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City, or Chicago may choose to work from an office. The role includes cross-functional collaboration and participation in the full product development cycle, as well as technical leadership, setting engineering standards, improving developer workflows, and mentoring engineers.
Requirements
- 8+ years of software development experience in one or more general-purpose programming languages; examples include Go, Python, Rust, and Ruby.
- Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule.
- Self-directed, innovative, action-oriented approach, with the ability to build new things and thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments, including when work does not succeed.
- Experience partnering effectively with cross-functional teams in a fully remote environment.
- Ability to discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences.
Nice To Haves
- Applied machine learning experience for a product or business solution.
Responsibilities
- Work cross-functionally with product, data science, operations, and engineering counterparts to execute product and business strategy to keep the platform safe.
- Contribute to the full development cycle, including ideation, technical design, development, testing, experimentation, analysis, and launch.
- Review code and design documents and help shape the roadmap.
- Lead a team of engineers; define standards that improve developer workflows, recommend best practices, and coach and mentor team members.
- Develop new solutions and continuously improve technical and non-technical abilities.
Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare benefits and income replacement programs.
- 401(k) with employer match.
- Global benefit programs supporting workspace, professional development, and caregiving.
- Family planning support.
- Gender-affirming care.
- Mental health and coaching benefits.
- Flexible vacation and paid volunteer time off.
- Paid parental leave.
- Equity in the form of restricted stock units; commission eligibility may apply depending on the position offered.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
