Director of Engineering, Reddit
Platform
Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions
Job no longer available
Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower communities, and make their knowledge accessible to all.
Role
Who you are
- 6+ years experience of managing teams of software and infrastructure engineers
- 10+ years of experience developing internet-scale software, preferably in backend roles
- Professional experience and capability with scaled, high rate platform services, and API design
- Track record of assembling high functioning organization
- Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule
- BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience
What the job involves
- Develop, drive and execute a long term vision and strategy for Core Services to be leveraged by all of Reddit’s products
- Coordinate across product and engineering teams to understand and widely socialize Reddit’s core service priorities across all of our products
- Deliver and maintain a long term roadmap for core service capabilities and supported/recommended interfaces for development
- Establish a stronger Platform-Product interface for feature tracking and prioritization, and provide an opinionated and trusted voice for guiding these decisions
- Support the reliable operation of these systems as a Platform for Reddit products, and allow us to rapidly deliver reliable, performant, and efficient services to our end users
- Drive the identification and scoping of data access and auditability requirements for across core services, in order to support operation as a public company
- Evolve our backend tech stack using modern and internal supported options (Golang, Redis, etc)
- Lead, manage and grow high-caliber engineering teams
- Provide mentorship and growth opportunities for team members and leaders to evolve in their roles at a company scale
- Set and support a culture of metrics driven Quality, with efficient processes and strong transparency
- Help Reddit reach its goal of bringing community and belonging to everyone
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
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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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