Staff Software Engineer , Observability
About The Position
Reddit is seeking an Engineer for its Observability (OBS) team who excels at the intersection of infrastructure and software development. This team is responsible for a suite of tools that enable engineers to understand their creations, primarily utilizing open-source solutions at scale. The team actively uses and contributes to open-source tools such as Prometheus, Thanos, and others. The Observability team's work spans monitoring, logging, and distributed tracing, offering challenging infrastructure and software engineering problems that directly impact millions of users worldwide. The role is fully remote, and Reddit operates on a flexible-first workforce model.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience developing internet-scale software, preferably in the context of infrastructure.
- Familiarity with distributed systems development, bonus if familiar with any of the specific tools (Prometheus, Thanos, Grafana, Vector, Clickhouse, Otel, Loki)
- Experience developing on top of Kubernetes or similar distributed systems.
- Kubernetes controller or operator development experience is a huge plus.
- Strong troubleshooting capabilities surrounding both systems and software.
- Experience engineering large systems, tracking work, and being a self-starter on projects.
- Excellent communication skills to collaborate with a service-oriented team and company.
Responsibilities
- Work collaboratively with a team of software engineers to create and maintain the foundational platform for running Reddit’s infrastructure.
- Deliver software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of observability components.
- Contribute feedback to the technical and strategic direction of eventing at Reddit.
- Automate critical aspects of the event driven development process.
- Share on-call responsibilities.
- Contribute upstream changes to the open source projects we use.
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
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