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Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform

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Job Summary

Senior Engineer on Reddit’s Core Platform, responsible for scaling the Core API Platform that powers listings, posts, comments and media. You’ll mentor teammates, design scalable API projects, and build services that handle hundreds of thousands of transactions per second with 5+ nines availability, while optimizing the media experience for hundreds of millions of users globally.

Location: United States

Workplace: Remote

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Software Engineering

Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

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

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 190,800 - 267,100 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Health Insurance401kParental LeavePaid LeaveVolunteer TimeCaregiving SupportGlobal Benefits

Key Requirements

•Golang or Python software development experience
•5+ years of experience with large-scale distributed systems
•Excellent communication skills for remote collaboration with technical and non-technical audiences
•Familiarity with API platform service architectures
•History of writing clean, well-tested code and delivering maintainable systems

Experience:5+ yearsOpen internetAPI platformsDistributed systemsWeb services

Skills:GolangPythonAPI designDistributed systemsMedia deliveryCloudScalingTesting

Languages:English

Tech Stack:GolangPythonAPIsKubernetesDockerAWSRedisPostgreSQL

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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