Senior Backend Engineer, Reddit

User Economy, Payments

Salary not provided

Python

GraphQL

Rust

REST API

Golang

Senior and Expert level

London

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

Salary not provided

Python

GraphQL

Rust

REST API

Golang

Senior and Expert level

London

1001+ employees

B2CB2BPublishingContentSocial MediaCommunity

Company mission

Reddit's mission is to bring community and belonging to everyone.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience
5+ years of coding experience in a production setting writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
3+ years of industry experience designing large-scale distributed systems
Experience with object-oriented programming languages such as but not limited to: Golang, Python, or Rust
Experienced with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, gRPC, and the ability to design and implement maintainable APIs
Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule
Strong leadership and communication skills
Entrepreneurial spirit. You are self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action in fast-paced environments. You love to build new things and thrive in ambiguity and even failure

What the job involves

As a key member of our small, fast-moving engineering team, you'll drive high-impact projects, working at the intersection of backend systems, monetization, and platform scalability
We've successfully launched key features and are expanding the team to build new, innovative ways for users to earn on Reddit
Work cross-functionally, collaborate and partner with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute on product and business strategy and build novel products and features that our users will love
Contribute to the full development cycle: technical design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch. You’ll be reviewing code and design docs, giving feedback on product specs and mocks
Participate with a team of thoughtful, fast-moving, and motivated engineers. Contribute to standards that improve developer workflows, recommend best practices, and help mentor engineers on the team to grow their technical expertise
Contribute to strategic planning and decision-making processes for backend development

Salary benchmarks

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.

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

Paid volunteer time off
4+ months paid parental leave
Personal and professional development stipend
Work from home opportunities
Health insurance

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

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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