Staff Backend Engineer - Publisher Experience

November 19

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Reddit, Inc.

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Software Engineering • Full-Stack Engineering • Frontend Engineering • Backend Engineering • Social Media

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2005

👥 B2C

📱 Media

🌍 Social Impact

Description

• Reddit is a community of communities built on shared interests and trust. • The Reddit Pro team empowers brands to create engaging content and grow their presence on Reddit. • We are looking for a Staff Engineer to lead the team and deliver quality products quickly.

Requirements

• BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience • 5+ years of industry experience in large-scale distributed systems. • 8+ years of hands-on, professional software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages (Go, Python, Ruby, Java, C++) • Experienced with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, Thrift basics, and the ability to design and implement maintainable APIs • Experienced with distributed caching layers, and distributed large scale data storage systems like Cassandra. • A track record of developing and improving highly scalable and reliable serving systems • Experience mentoring engineers, owning team processes, and leading cross-functional projects is preferred. • Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and to deliver projects on schedule • Entrepreneurial spirit. You are self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action in fast-paced environments. You love to build new things and thrive in ambiguity and even failure • Excellent communication skills. You partner effectively with teams in a fully remote environment and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences

Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits • 401k Matching • Workspace benefits for your home office • Personal & Professional development funds • Family Planning Support • Flexible Vacation (please use them!) & Reddit Global Wellness Days • 4+ months paid Parental Leave • Paid Volunteer time off