Backend Software Engineer

Who you are

• BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience
• Minimum of 3+ years of post-internship, full-time, hands-on, professional software development experience in large-scale distributed systems
• 3+ years of software development experience in one or more general-purpose programming languages; Go, Python, Rust, Ruby
• Experienced with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, Thrift or gRPC basics, and the ability to design and implement maintainable APIs
• Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule
• 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
• Excellent communication skills. You collaborate effectively with teams in a fully remote environment and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences

What the job involves

• The PDP Experience team is responsible for one of the highest traffic pages on the platform: the Comments page
• We know that conversations are the lifeblood of Reddit, so we strive to ensure viewing content and the surrounding conversation is appealing, intuitive and delightful
• This is a high impact role where you will drive related technical & product strategy, operations, architecture, and execution for one of the largest sites in the world
• Work cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute on product and business strategy and build novel products and features that our users will love
• Contribute to the full 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. Don’t just come along for the ride
• Participate with a team of thoughtful, fast-moving, and motivated engineers. Contribute to standards that improve developer workflows, and recommend best practices
• Move fast while balancing quality. We can’t afford extensive processes, and we also can’t afford show-stopping bugs. We need someone who can balance speed with quality while quickly building brand-new products
• Continuously learn and improve your technical and non-technical abilities

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits
• Flexible vacation & Reddit global days off
• Family planning funds & 4+ months paid parental leave
• Personal & professional development funds
• Paid volunteer time off
• Workspace & home office benefits