Senior Software Engineer, Reddit
Data Infrastructure
$190.8-267.1k
+ Equity in the form of restricted stock units
Online platform for thoughts, experiences & discussions
Job no longer available
Online platform for thoughts, experiences & discussions
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$190.8-267.1k
+ Equity in the form of restricted stock units
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!
- 4+ years of software engineering experience in a production setting writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
- Proficient in object-oriented programming languages like Python and Scala, with expertise in SQL languages like BigQuery, SparkSQL or Postgres
- 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, terraform, airflow, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and 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 about building Reddit’s next generation Data Warehouse Platform to support a rapidly growing business with an ever expanding number of use cases. A subset of current focuses include:
- Managing BigQuery + Airflow infrastructure for the entire company
- Designing clear interfaces and self-service tooling to enable both technical and non technical users to interact with the DW platform
- Optimizing cost efficiency within the warehouse and building robust solutions for cost attribution
- Building opinionated guardrails to drive improvements in data quality, cost efficiency, and data governance
- Developing APIs and controllers to maintain the state of our IAM, compute, and storage resources
- Building software automation to simplify the ingestion of data into the system and the consumption of downstream data and metadata
- Collaborate effectively with a team of proficient software engineers to develop and maintain the fundamental platform that powers the cutting-edge Reddit's data warehouse 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, with the Data Warehouse team
- Guide and support fellow engineers within the team by serving as a mentor, while actively contributing to the sharing of knowledge through training sessions and comprehensive documentation
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 130,000 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 120 million daily users and billions of monthly page views. While these figures are smaller than those of social media giants like Facebook and X, Reddit 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, 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
(CEO & Founder)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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