Backend Engineer, Reddit

SEO

Salary not provided

AWS

Docker

Python

GraphQL

Kafka

Redis

Postgres

Airflow

Cassandra

Golang

Mid and Senior level

Dublin

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

AWS

Docker

Python

GraphQL

Kafka

Redis

Postgres

Airflow

Cassandra

Golang

Mid and Senior level

Dublin

London

1001+ employees

B2CB2BPublishingContentSocial MediaCommunity

Company mission

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

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

We’re looking to bring in a full-stack engineer who is comfortable taking on the end-to-end delivery and technical leadership of complex user-facing features
3+ years of backend development experience with multiple parts of the backend stack, from databases to networking to computing infrastructure. We develop with Go, Python, Postgres, Redis, Thrift, gRPC, GraphQL and deploy to Docker/k8s on AWS
We are language agnostic when hiring but use primarily golang, python in the backend stack
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and the ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical teams in a fully remote environment
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

The Guest Experience & SEO team is located across London & Dublin and we maintain a number of user facing features, including TLDR pages, Post Recommendations, Topic & Category pages & ReReddit.
These are complex projects, requiring massive scale and excellent system design
Be a key contributor in the delivery of SEO projects
Work cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute product and business strategies and build novel products and features that our users will love
Communicate effectively within the team and across disciplines. Work closely with product managers and designers to craft compelling user experiences
Contribute meaningfully to our team’s strategy. We give everyone a seat at the table and encourage active participation in planning our future. Don’t just come along for the ride
Participate in product reviews and team meetings, providing technical insight. Help scope, estimate, and prioritize between conflicting needs
Foster a healthy engineering culture and collaborate with other engineers

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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