[Hiring] Principal Software Engineer @Reddit

Role Description

The Infrastructure organization is looking to hire a backend software engineer to work collaboratively on a team dedicated to building out Reddit’s multi-cloud compute infrastructure. This is a high impact role where you will contribute to design, implementation, and operations for one of the largest sites in the world. The Infrastructure team’s mission is to provide a platform for teams to independently and effectively run their compute workloads in a performant, reliable, and secure way.

The position is a mix of software engineering and devops; a lot of the time, we are writing software to improve our compute infrastructure. But there is a substantial amount of troubleshooting and analysis to understand the real problems we face as we scale, and our customer’s workloads change.

What you’ll do:

• Work collaboratively with a team of software engineers and systems engineers to create and maintain the foundational platform for running Reddit’s infrastructure.
• Design, write, and deliver software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Reddit’s products in Go and sometimes Python.
• Guide and 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.
• Mentor backend developers across the company.
• Be the go-to person for developers on complex problems.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience developing internet-scale software, preferably in infrastructure roles.
• 8+ years experience with cloud infrastructure systems is a plus (Kubernetes, AWS / GCE ecosystems).
• Experience in influencing larger (500+ engineers) organizations on technical direction/best practices.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams such as design, product, data teams to deliver great user experiences.
• Strong focus on user experience, usability, scalability, and quality.
• Software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages; Python, Go, Rust, Java, C++.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with a service-oriented team and company.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
• 401k with Employer Match
• Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
• Family Planning Support
• Gender-Affirming Care
• Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
• Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
• Generous Paid Parental Leave