Senior Backend Engineer, Reddit

GraphQL

$190.8-267.1k

+ Eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units

AWS

Kubernetes

GCP

GraphQL

Senior level

New York

Online platform for thoughts, experiences & discussions

Job no longer available

Online platform for thoughts, experiences & discussions

1001+ employees

B2CB2BPublishingContentSocial MediaCommunity

Job no longer available

$190.8-267.1k

+ Eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units

AWS

Kubernetes

GCP

GraphQL

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

5+ years of experience designing and developing large-scale distributed backend systems
Proficiency in one or more general purpose programming languages (preferably Go)
Experience identifying and driving high impact projects that align with the company's strategy
Capability with essential cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, CI/CD, AWS, GCP)
High empathy and excellent communication skills to collaborate across the organization
Specific GraphQL backend experience is a plus
Experience structuring and implementing complex data models is a plus

What the job involves

GraphQL is Reddit's first-party API layer, providing client access to Reddit's rich dataset and driving the next generation of user experiences
GraphQL provides product engineers across Reddit clear interfaces, a powerful and flexible execution engine, and world-class developer ergonomics
Our team's mission is to develop the next generation of foundational GraphQL infrastructure, scale our solutions to support hundreds of millions of users, and build intuitive tools for contributors to create and expand GraphQL schema
Work collaboratively with a team of software engineers to create and maintain the foundational platform for Reddit's GraphQL infrastructure
Design, build, and deliver solutions to improve GraphQL's functionality, scalability, and efficiency
Investigate and tune the operation of our platform operating at massive scale
Contribute feedback to the technical and strategic direction of the GraphQL platform
Guide and support fellow engineers within the team as a mentor and leader
Share on-call responsibilities with the GraphQL team
Some of our present and future challenges include:
Driving adoption of our Golang-based federated GraphQL architecture
Deploying GraphQL to operate concurrently across global datacenters
Expanding our developer tooling to enable elegant schema contributions
Building deep observability to coordinate GraphQL requests efficiently across Reddit's architecture
Tuning our stack for latency, resilience, and scale

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

Top investors

57% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.9)

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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