Reddit is poised to rapidly innovate and grow like no other time in its history
This is a unique opportunity to leave your mark on one of the most influential and trafficked corners of the internet
The International division at Reddit helps us achieve our mission of bringing community and belonging to everyone in the world through work on multiple teams
We connect users to each other through engaging, real-time chat experiences
We help users encounter the best content at the right time via the right product surface
And we are laying architectural foundations and building experiences to help Reddit communities thrive internationally
These efforts set us up for continued growth, and as a backend engineer you contribute to the delight of millions of new and existing users
As a Staff Engineer, you’ll build and scale the exciting features and services needed to create real-time experiences and spark connections, which will fuel the next wave of Reddit’s growth
With our small team, your work will directly impact hundreds of millions of users around the world
Join us and help build the future of Reddit!
Responsibilities:
- Design, build and ship backend services for millions of users to support our international expansion
- Move fast while balancing quality
We can’t afford extensive processes, and we also can’t afford show-stopping bugs
We need people who can balance speed with quality while quickly building brand-new products
- Shipping new products and experiments that will increase Reddit’s ability to understand and expand our international user base
- Contribute meaningfully to team strategy
We give everyone a seat at the table and encourage active participation in planning for the future
Don’t just come along for the ride
- ​​Communicate effectively, within the team and across disciplines
Work closely with product managers and designers to craft compelling user experiences
- Foster a healthy engineering culture and mentor and coach other engineers
Qualifications:
- 8+ years backend development experience with multiple parts of the backend stack, from databases to networking to efficient computing
We develop with Go, Python, Postgres, Redis, Thrift, GraphQL and deploy to Docker/k8s on AWS
- Ability to design and implement complex distributed systems operating under high load
Experience developing customer-facing public applications is preferred
- Excellent communication skills
You must be able to collaborate effectively with teams in a fully-remote environment, and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences