Senior Software Engineer, Reddit

Messaging

$190.8-267.1k

This job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units

Kubernetes

Python

Java

Kafka

C++

Golang

Senior and Expert level

Remote from US

Online platform for thoughts, experiences & discussions

Be an early applicant

Online platform for thoughts, experiences & discussions

1001+ employees

B2CB2BPublishingContentSocial MediaCommunity

Be an early applicant

$190.8-267.1k

This job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units

Kubernetes

Python

Java

Kafka

C++

Golang

Senior and Expert level

Remote from US

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 building internet-scale software, preferably with a focus on machine learning storage infrastructure
Software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages; Golang, Python, C++, Java
Experience working closely with technologies like Kafka, and Kubernetes. Strimzi is a huge plus!
Hands-on experience implementing features, optimizations, and bug fixes to distributed messaging systems
Excellent communication skills to collaborate with stakeholders in engineering, data science, machine learning, and product
Degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical field

What the job involves

The Messaging Infra team is looking to hire a Senior Software Engineer who is excited to solve large scale streaming infrastructure and distributed messaging infrastructure problems
Contribute to developing the team and organization’s long term technical strategy
Refine and maintain our messaging infrastructure to support the asynchronous communication of services supporting hundreds of millions of users
Own the infrastructure (managed and self-hosted) that supports produce and consume requests along with the necessary tooling and automation to efficiently operate the infrastructure

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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