Software Engineer, Ingestion Platform

Reddit is seeking a Software Engineer for its Data Movement team to work on large-scale data platform and efficiency challenges.

The Data Movement team is responsible for empowering the business to more efficiently process data and orchestrate data workloads.

As a software engineer, you will work with teammates and partner teams to create and improve scalable, fault-tolerant, self-serve systems.

Responsibilities:

• Refine and maintain data infrastructure technologies to support ML and analytics workflows on data collected from hundreds of millions of users.
• Own the Data Movement Platform used to enable batch and stream data processing at Reddit.
• Invest in building new infrastructure for Spark, Flink, and Airflow technologies at Reddit, including contributing to the open source community as needed.
• Build automated solutions to minimize toilsome work for data users at Reddit and provide a declarative, self-service experience for working with data.
• Collaborate with teammates to share on-call responsibilities and support monitoring/alerting to improve the reliability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Reddit's Data Platform.

Requirements:

• 2+ years of software engineering experience in a production setting writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
• Proficient in object-oriented programming languages like Python, Scala, Go, or Java.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing large-scale systems, diligently monitoring project progress, and showcasing proactive leadership as a self-starter on diverse projects.
• Experience working with cloud services, Airflow, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Spark, Flink and/or working with modern cloud-based infrastructure.
• Excellent communication skills tailored for effective collaboration within both a service-oriented team and the broader organizational context.

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.