Principal Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Reddit is a community of communities. It's built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet.

The Infrastructure organization has the mission of building and delivering the compute orchestration environment, storage and data systems, and essential platform services behind all of Reddit.

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

• 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