Backend Engineer, Reddit

• 4+ years of software engineering experience, with experience in working cross-functionally to lead projects from start to finish with end-user impact
• We are language agnostic when hiring but use primarily Golang and Python in the backend stack
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
• 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

Desirable

• The Top of Funnel team is key to user growth. By combining our knowledge of search engines, with an eye for the best user experiences we have the opportunity to introduce Reddit to new and unfamiliar users and transform them into deeply engaged users
• We're looking for a backend engineer who is comfortable taking on the end-to-end delivery & technical leadership of complex services
• Work cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute on product and business strategy and build novel products and features that our users will love
• Contribute to the full development cycle: technical design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch. You'll be reviewing code and design docs, and giving feedback on product specs and mocks
• Foster a data-driven culture within the team by running experiments, discovering insights, and generating ideas to optimize our systems
• Take accountability for the delivery of projects, be a hands-on engineer, and deliver solid and maintainable code
• Bring ideas, and directly influence the team's roadmap, collaborating closely with XFN stakeholders