Engineering Manager, Reddit

Transport

$198.2-297.3k

Eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission

Senior level

New York

Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions

Job no longer available

Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions

1001+ employees

B2CB2BPublishingContentSocial MediaCommunity

Job no longer available

$198.2-297.3k

Eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission

Senior level

New York

1001+ employees

B2CB2BPublishingContentSocial MediaCommunity

Company mission

To empower communities, and make their knowledge accessible to all.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

3+ years experience of managing a team of software engineers
5+ years of experience developing internet-scale software, preferably in cloud networking infrastructure roles
Track record of managing a team including hiring, onboarding, and professional development
Experience and capability with cloud infrastructure systems, including CDNs, load balancers, service meshes, DNS, and HTTP
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

We are looking to hire an experienced Engineering Manager, to build and grow a team supporting Reddit’s critical Network Infrastructure
This is a high impact role where you will drive related technical strategy, operations, architecture, and execution for one of the largest sites in the world
Build, hire and lead a high-caliber team of software engineers and systems engineers
Design, write, and deliver software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Reddit’s products to our users
Lead, coordinate, and execute a coherent vision for Traffic and Transport infrastructure that supports and enables Reddit’s growth
Be responsible for delivering Reddit’s next generation of network interconnects both for traffic ingress to reddit.com as well as all internal service level interconnects
Coach and mentor engineers on the team to further their professional development
Set and support a culture of metrics driven quality, with efficient processes and strong transparency
Some Of Our Present And Future Challenges Include:
Replacing thrift with gRPC across our stack
Defending against increasingly sophisticated Denial of Service attacks & scraping bots
Deploy Reddit in datacenter closer to our international user base
Build a global rate-limiting service to handle API requests
Plan a more efficient, scalable multi-cloud network that is cloud cost-aware

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

Top investors

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

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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