Senior Software Engineer, Reddit
$190.8-267.1k
+ Eligible for equity
Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions
Be an early applicant
Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$190.8-267.1k
+ Eligible for equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
Reddit's mission is to bring community and belonging to everyone.
Role
Who you are
- Master’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Engineering, or closely related quantitative discipline, and three (3) years of experience in job offered or in any occupation in a related field
- (1) Scrum; (2) Go; (3) Redis; (4) SQL DBs; (5) Algorithms; (6) Kubernetes
- (7) Distributed system design; (8) gRPC; (9) Message Queues; (10) GraphQL; (11) lead complex technical projects with multiple contributors
- (12) engineering project management; and (13) developing technical execution plans that meets high-level business objectives
- Any suitable combination of education, training and/or experience is acceptable
What the job involves
- Research, design, and develop computer and network software or specialized utility programs
- Update software or enhance existing software capabilities
- Implement software needed for the company's international expansion
- Implement software and automated tests. Project planning and development using software engineering methods such as scrum
- Design the architecture for different parts of our systems and get consensus and approval from relevant teams in the company
- Design and implement complex distributed systems operating under high load
- Implement and launch the proposed systems using modern backend technologies (Go, SQL databases, Redis, Python, GraphQL, gRPC, Thrift, Kafka, and Kubernetes)
- Participate in playtest sessions to verify the product functionality. Collaborate with the Product team in the definition of viable product features, timeline and experimentation details
- Participate in team meetings such as sprint planning, standups, and sprint retro
- Mentor Junior Engineering and actively participate in brainstorming sessions. Collaborate with both technical and non-technical teams to advance Reddit's technology growth and impact
- Telecommuting is an option
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.
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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
- 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
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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.
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