Software Engineer, Reddit
Data Platform
$164.2-229.9k
+ Equity
Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions
Open for applications
Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$164.2-229.9k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower communities, and make their knowledge accessible to all.
Role
Who you are
- If you have a passion for building and maintaining high quality code, want to improve how Reddit makes strategic decisions at the company level, and are excited about applying engineering best practices to one of the most powerful corpus of data in the world, then this is the team for you!
- 2+ years of software engineering experience in a production setting writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
- Proficient in object-oriented programming languages like Python, Scala, Go, or Java
- Demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing large-scale systems, diligently monitoring project progress, and showcasing proactive leadership as a self-starter on diverse projects
- Experience working with cloud services, Airflow, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Spark, Flink and/or working with modern cloud-based infrastructure
- Excellent communication skills tailored for effective collaboration within both a service-oriented team and the broader organizational context
What the job involves
- The Data Platform team is looking to hire a Software Engineer who is excited to solve large scale data platform and efficiency challenges
- As a software engineer, you will partner with your team and partner teams like machine learning and ads to create and improve scalable, fault tolerant, self-serve systems. You will also also:
- Refine and maintain our data infrastructure technologies to support ML and analytics on data collected from hundreds of millions of users
- Own the Data Warehouse Platform used for long term storage of this data and Airflow Platform used to efficiently orchestrate how this data is processed
- Take part in building opinionated guardrails to drive improvements in data quality, cost efficiency, and data governance
- Build automation software which minimizes toilsome work for data users at Reddit and provides a declarative, self-service experience for working with data
- Monitoring/alerting for our core systems and the mechanisms built on top
- Collaborate effectively with a team of proficient software engineers to develop and maintain the fundamental platform that powers the cutting-edge Reddit's data infrastructure
- Engage in the complete data lifecycle at Reddit, participating in the development process and working with one of the world's most extensive and data-rich datasets
- Design, build and deliver end-to-end data solutions to improve the reliability, scalability, latency and efficiency of Reddit’s Data Platform
- Implement automation for key elements of the development process, including data quality, managing alerts and handling critical infrastructure operations
- Collaborate and Share on-call responsibilities, including incident management
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
57% employee growth in 12 months
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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