Staff Software Engineer, Reddit

Deployment Infrastructure

$217-303.9k

Offers Equity in the form of restricted stock units

Kubernetes

Python

Rust

flux

Senior and Expert level

Remote in US

Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions

Be an early applicant

Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions

1001+ employees

B2CB2BPublishingContentSocial MediaCommunity

Be an early applicant

$217-303.9k

Offers Equity in the form of restricted stock units

Kubernetes

Python

Rust

flux

Senior and Expert level

Remote in US

1001+ employees

B2CB2BPublishingContentSocial MediaCommunity

Company mission

Reddit's mission is to bring community and belonging to everyone.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

7+ years of experience working in the infrastructure and/or deployment domain. Specifically with a focus on software engineering (as opposed to systems operations)
Language proficiency in either Go (Preferred), Rust, or Python
Experience developing on top of Kubernetes or similar distributed systems
Experience utilizing systems in the continuous delivery domain such as Argo, Flux, Temporal, and similar systems
Strong troubleshooting competency ranging from higher-level orchestration concerns to lower-level runtime ones
Experience designing large systems, scoping work, and building consensus with other engineers
Excellent communication skills to collaborate with a service-oriented team and company

What the job involves

The Deployment Infrastructure team is looking to hire a Staff Software Engineer with a focus on creating robust, automated, deployment systems that balance reliability and efficiency.
In this role you’ll be both a leader in designing our platform and a key contributor to the platform’s code base
Work collaboratively with a team of software engineers build and deploy software capable of:
Orchestrating complex deployment workflows
Progressively rolling out services globally
Achieving automated rollback of failed deployments
Providing insight and monitoring around the health of deployments
Work with our end-users to establish requirements and designs
Integrate open source technologies, largely in the CNCF ecosystem and at times contribute to them to help meet Reddit’s business needs
Build end user tooling, for example CLI utilities in Go that help interact with dashboards
Share on-call responsibilities with the deployment infrastructure team

Our take

Reddit is a website that facilitates thousands of message board communities, known as subreddits, with an aim to promote authentic human connection. There are more than 100,000 communities on Reddit, covering everything, from food, entertainment, sports, and books, to more niche topics that cater for very specific audiences.

The simple platform is used by more than 52 million people a day and attracts over 50 billion monthly views. While these are impressive numbers, they do pale in comparison with social media giants Facebook and Twitter, however, Reddit distinguishes itself by providing easy-to-find communities for a truly endless range of topics.

Reddit makes money through advertising as well as offering a premium ad-free membership plan. The company has enjoyed continuous user & revenue growth, acquisitions by Conde Nast in 2006 and Advance in 2011, and plans to launch an IPO bid in 2024.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

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

Paid volunteer time off
4+ months paid parental leave
Personal and professional development stipend
Work from home opportunities
Health insurance

Company values

Make something people love
Evolve
Work hard
Default open

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Articles

Reddit Claims 52 Million Daily Users, Revealing a Key Figure for Social-Media Platforms

Reddit’s Valuation Doubles to $6 Billion After Funding Round

From internet bad boy to next-door neighbor: Reddit makes a play for mainstream America

Reddit is eyeing a $15 billion IPO. Here’s how it became the giant cultural force it is today.

A Reddit Exec's Advice for Brands Still Thinking About Entering Web3

Leadership

Steve Huffman

(CEO)

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

Share this job

View 142 more jobs at Reddit