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Senior Software Engineer, Presence

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Job Summary

Senior Software Engineer in Presence leads backend development for Reddit’s new presence products, collaborating with product, design, and other engineers to design, build, test, and launch scalable services. You’ll influence backend strategy, mentor teammates, and balance speed with quality while delivering reliable APIs and distributed systems for a large-scale, remote-enabled team.

Location: United States

Workplace: Remote

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Software Engineering

Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to design, develop, test, and launch new features and products.
•Review code and design docs, provide feedback on specs and mocks, and help drive architectural decisions for backend systems.
•Mentor engineers on the team, improve developer workflows, and promote best practices across the platform.
•Lead strategic planning and decision-making for backend development and roadmap execution.
•Balance speed with quality to deliver brand-new products without compromising reliability.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 190,000 - 267,000 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Health Insurance401kCaregiving SupportParental LeaveRemote Work

Key Requirements

•BS degree in Computer Science or a similar technical field or equivalent practical experience
•3+ years of industry experience in large-scale distributed systems
•5+ years of hands-on software development experience in Go, Python, Ruby, Java, or C++
•Experience with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, and Thrift basics; ability to design and implement maintainable APIs
•Experience with distributed caching layers and distributed storage systems (e.g., Cassandra)

Experience:3+ yearsDistributed systemsSoftware developmentAPIs

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:CommunicationLeadershipProblem-solving

Languages:English

Tech Stack:GoPythonRubyJavaC++GraphQLRESTThriftCassandra

Company Brief

Operates Reddit, a large online community and discussion platform where users submit content, comment, and vote across topic-based communities (subreddits); monetizes via advertising, premium subscriptions, and awards.

Industry: Digital Media

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: San Francisco, United States

Founded: 2005

Website LinkedIn

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