Staff Software Engineer - Content Platform
About The Position
Reddit is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Content Platform team within the Infrastructure organization. This team focuses on empowering product teams to build content-related experiences reliably and efficiently. The role involves owning Tier-0 services and core data models that power key product features like viewing feeds, posting, commenting, and upvoting. The team also maintains Reddit’s legacy stack, R2, which is critical for all user journeys. This is a high-impact role where the engineer will shape the future direction of the platform by improving operational posture and incorporating customer feedback.
Requirements
- 7+ years of hands-on experience building internet-scale software, distributed systems or platforms used by other developers.
- BS, MS, PhD in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- Software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages; Golang, Python, C++, Java.
- Prior experience and capability with scaled, high rate platform services, and API design.
- Demonstrated history of technical leadership, successfully guiding engineering teams to deliver impactful, high-quality solutions.
- Exceptional communication skills with a strong ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with (or curiosity to learn about) Kubernetes, gRPC, Cassandra, TiDB, Redis is a huge plus.
- An undying advocate for the user, and you have a deep intuition for how critical infra systems work at scale.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development of Content Platform at Reddit.
- Design, write, and deliver software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Reddit’s products in Go and sometimes Python.
- Dive deep into the codebase of a suite of services owned by the team as well as one of Reddit’s monolith legacy stack.
- Make system-level improvements, enhancements, and implement complex code modifications.
- Own the design & evolution of our platform and build for the next 4+ years of continued scale and growth of Reddit.
- Identify gaps in our current designs and lead redesigns of our platform to improve developer velocity and enable Reddit growth.
- Work collaboratively with other software engineers from Infra and Product orgs.
- Collaborate closely with engineering teams and stakeholders to integrate storage capabilities into broader storage infrastructure and use cases across Reddit.
- Mentor and guide other backend engineers across the company.
Benefits
- Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
- 401k with Employer Match
- Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
- Family Planning Support
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
- Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
- Generous Paid Parental Leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
