Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Reddit

$190.8-267.1k

In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units

Kubernetes

Python

Linux

Prometheus

Grafana

loki

Senior and Expert level

Remote from US

Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions

Open for applications

Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions

1001+ employees

B2CB2BPublishingContentSocial MediaCommunity

Open for applications

$190.8-267.1k

In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units

Kubernetes

Python

Linux

Prometheus

Grafana

loki

Senior and Expert level

Remote from US

1001+ employees

B2CB2BPublishingContentSocial MediaCommunity

Company mission

To empower communities, and make their knowledge accessible to all.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

5+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or a development-focused DevOps role
Proficiency in one or more programming languages. We’re predominantly writing code in Go and Python
Experience with Kubernetes and Cloud systems
Familiarity with distributed systems development, bonus if familiar with any of the specific tools (Prometheus, Thanos, Grafana, Vector, Clickhouse, Otel, Loki)
Experience with the development and operation of high-traffic backend systems
A demonstrated ability to debug, fix, and optimize code
Troubleshooting skills that span applications, networking (TCP/IP), and systems
Strong working knowledge of Linux and containers
Excellent communication and collaborative skills

What the job involves

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer on Reddit’s Infrastructure SRE team, you’ll use your knowledge of distributed systems and architecture to improve the reliability and performance of Reddit’s engineering platforms and services
We are looking for someone who thrives at the intersection of infrastructure and software development
This team will work very closely with the Compute, Traffic, and Observability infrastructure teams
They will own a suite of tools for allowing engineers to understand their creations, based primarily on open-source solutions at scale
We’re active users of and contributors to Prometheus, Thanos, Grafana, Vector and more
In this role, you will also take ownership of risk management, ensuring the reliability and performance of our systems
You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify, assess, and mitigate risks, implementing best practices to enhance system resilience
Your expertise will drive proactive measures to maintain uptime and optimize service delivery, making a significant impact on our operational excellence
Work closely with engineering teams in designing and developing systems that are resilient and highly performant at a tremendous scale, and maintaining the foundational platform for running Reddit’s infrastructure
Identify and build capabilities into our foundational Infrastructure and Platform services, which are used by Reddit engineering teams to build, deploy, and operate Reddit
Deliver software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of observability components
Identify and engineer away risk across Reddit’s systems
Take repetitive, manual, or risky tasks and automate them out of existence. Build tools and integrate systems to support Reddit’s evolution
Automate critical aspects of the event driven development process
Draw on your knowledge of distributed systems to identify and fix network, system, and service-level issues. Practice sustainable incident response, and drive structural improvement with blameless postmortem
Share on-call responsibilities
Observe and improve performance, reduce cost, and improve the experience for millions of users
Contribute upstream changes to the open source projects we use

Our take

Reddits is an online platform that hosts thousands of message board communities (known as subreddits) designed to foster authentic human connection. With more than 100,000 communities covering everything from food, entertainment, and sports to niche interests for highly specific audiences, there's virtually a space for everyone.

The platform attracts over 52M daily users and more than 50B monthly page views. While these figures are smaller than those of social media giants like Facebook and X, Reddits stands out by offering easily discoverable communities where users can dive deep into virtually any topic imaginable.

Today, Reddit continues to grow its user base and expand its reach, remaining a unique hub for conversation,m connection, and shared interests. With its strong community-driven model and steady revenue streams, it's most definitely positioned to stay a central part of online culture for years to come.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

57% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.7)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Aug 2021

$410m

SERIES F

Feb 2021

$250m

SERIES E

Total funding: $1.2bn

Company benefits

Comprehensive health benefits
Flexible vacation & Reddit global days off
Family planning funds & 4+ months paid parental leave
Personal & professional development funds
Paid volunteer time off
Workspace & home office benefits

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Steve Huffman

(Co-Founder & CEO)

After co-founding Reddit in 2005, they stepped away from the company to co-found Hipmunk, where they were the CTO for 5 years. They returned to Reddit in 2015, and have been the CEO since.

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