Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform

Reddit
Chicago
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 190,800 - 267,100 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Mentoring","Leadership","Teamwork"]

Senior Engineer on the Core Platform team responsible for scaling Reddit’s Core API Platform, mentoring junior engineers, and delivering high-uptime, high-performance services. Build and scale media-focused API projects used by hundreds of millions of users, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and maintainability in a remote-friendly environment.

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Reddit
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Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform

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Job Summary

Senior Engineer on the Core Platform team responsible for scaling Reddit’s Core API Platform, mentoring junior engineers, and delivering high-uptime, high-performance services. Build and scale media-focused API projects used by hundreds of millions of users, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and maintainability in a remote-friendly environment.
Location: Chicago
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop and design new and innovative solutions to scaling Reddit
  • •Build platform API projects that scale to the rest of the organization
  • •Mentor and coach more junior engineers on your direct team to achieve our mission
  • •Build, deliver, and operate services that scale to hundreds of thousands of transactions per second at 5+ 9’s of availability
  • •Help us to optimize Reddit’s media experience for hundreds of millions of users across the world

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 190,800 - 267,100 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health Insurance401kPar ParentalCaregiving SupportPaid LeavePaid Volunteer

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of experience with large-scale, mission-critical distributed systems.
  • •Software development experience in Golang or Python
  • •Familiarity with API platform service architectures
  • •History of building clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
  • •Excellent communication skills; ability to collaborate with remote teams
Experience:5+ yearsSoftware engineeringDistributed systemsAPI platforms
Skills:CommunicationMentoringLeadershipTeamwork
Languages:English
Tech Stack:GolangPythonAPIsDistributed systemsMedia delivery

Company Brief

Reddit
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
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