[Remote] Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Reddit, Inc. is a community of communities that facilitates open conversations online. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Core Platform team to develop and design innovative solutions, mentor junior engineers, and optimize media experiences for millions of users.
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
Skills
- Software development experience in Golang or Python
- 5+ years of experience with large-scale, mission-critical distributed systems
- Excellent communication skills. You partner effectively with teams in a fully remote environment and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences
- Familiarity with API platform service architectures
- History of building clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
- Media delivery expertise from back end systems to the user. Experience optimizing media performance, scalability, and delivery by improving different stages of the stack
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
- Equity in the form of restricted stock units
- Commission (depending on the position offered)
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) program with employer match
- Generous time off for vacation
- Parental leave
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