Staff Software Engineer, DevPlatform

Reddit, Inc. is a community of communities and one of the internet’s largest sources of information. They are seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to develop and maintain their backend for the developer platform, collaborating with various teams to create scalable and efficient solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain the underlying infrastructure of the developer platform
• Build new features for external developers such as SQL db as a service
• Contribute to the entire development cycle: technical design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch. You’ll be reviewing code and design docs, giving feedback on product specs and mocks
• Contribute meaningfully to team strategy. We give everyone a seat at the table and encourage active participation in planning for the future

Requirements:

• 7+ years of industry experience in backend, infrastructure, developer tools, or app platforms
• Technical leader in the execution of large scale projects as well as day-to-day troubleshooting
• Go, Typescript, Redis, distributed SQL, and Kubernetes experience
• Mentoring and coaching other engineers as well as leading by example strong software engineering best practices
• Passion for developing scalable, well-designed software that people love
• Entrepreneurial spirit. On our team, everyone needs to act like a startup CEO. You must be self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action in fast-paced environments. You live to build new things and thrive in ambiguity and even failure
• 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