Staff Software Engineer, Reddit
Compute Reliability and Efficiency
$217-303.9k
+ Equity (RSU)
Online platform for thoughts, experiences & discussions
Job no longer available
Online platform for thoughts, experiences & discussions
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$217-303.9k
+ Equity (RSU)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower communities, and make their knowledge accessible to all.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of experience working in the infrastructure domain – with a focus on lower-level systems such as Linux
- Language proficiency in either Go (Preferred), Rust, or Python
- Understanding of kernel primitives (cgroups, namespaces), cpu scheduling, userspace concerns, and packet processing
- Experience developing on top of Kubernetes or similar distributed systems
- Strong troubleshooting competency ranging from higher-level orchestration concerns to lower-level runtime ones
- Experience designing large systems, scoping work, and building consensus with other engineers
- Excellent communication skills to collaborate with a service-oriented team and company
What the job involves
- The Compute Reliability and Efficiency team is looking to hire a Staff Software Engineer with a focus on lower-level (Linux and Kubernetes) systems engineering that thrives at the intersection of infrastructure and software engineering
- At Reddit, our Compute organization breaks down into 2 teams:
- Compute Reliability and Efficiency (CRE)
- Compute Platform and Orchestration (CPO)
- CRE: Intra-cluster engineering problems focused on balancing performance, efficiency, and stability
- With a focus on creating durable software solutions to automate operation of Reddit’s compute clusters. A subset of focus areas include:
- Detection of node-level (Linux) performance characteristics and making availability decisions based on the data
- Schedulers that support more efficient packing of resources along with reactive rescheduling on the basis of changing compute availability
- Lower-level Kubernetes integrations such as CSI drivers, node probs, and kernel-level observability
- Cluster upgrades, both mechanical process concerns and automation
- CPO: Higher-level orchestration of both compute capacity and workload primitives to support our multi-cloud, multi-region, deployments. A subset of current focuses include:
- Software automation that creates, manages, and destroys clusters in our fleet
- APIs and controllers that support multi-cluster deployment and scheduling mechanics
- Core SDKs that enable controller development in the larger organization
- Software that codifies out-of-cluster ancillary concerns such as network configurations and managed services
- As a member of the Compute Reliability and Efficiency team, you’ll be solving some of the world’s largest at-scale infrastructure problems using software we create along with integrating services from the cloud native ecosystem
- In your day-to-day, you can expect to:
- Work collaboratively with a team of software engineers to create and maintain the foundational platform for running Reddit’s infrastructure
- Execute performance and reliability analysis on our Linux-based Kubernetes fleet
- Design, write (Golang), and deliver software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Reddit’s Compute Platform
- Contribute feedback to the technical and strategic direction of the compute platform
- Automate critical aspects of the development process such as service creation and management, as well as critical infrastructure operations
- Share on-call responsibilities with the Compute team
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
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
- 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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