Software Engineer, Content Platform

About the role

The Content Platform team within Infrastructure focuses on empowering product teams to build reliable and scalable content-related experiences. This role involves owning Tier-0 services and core data models that power essential product features like feeds, posting, and commenting. You will work on high-impact systems to improve availability, latency, and efficiency while maintaining critical legacy stacks.

Responsibilities

• Design, write, and deliver software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Reddit’s products
• Dive deep into the codebase of Go services and Python monolith legacy stacks
• Make system-level improvements and implement complex code modifications
• Identify and discuss gaps in the current platform to evolve it for future growth
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and solicit customer feedback
• Share on-call responsibilities and support monitoring and alerting

Required skills

• Golang
• Python
• C++
• Java
• Cassandra
• Postgres
• Redis
• Kubernetes
• gRPC
• AWS
• GCP
• API design

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
• Equivalent practical experience

Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits
• Income Replacement Programs
• 401k Match
• Family Planning Support
• Gender-Affirming Care
• Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
• Flexible Vacation
• Reddit Global Days off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Volunteer time off

About the Company

Reddit is a community of communities built on shared interests, passion, and trust. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors, it is one of the internet’s largest sources of information.