Staff Software Engineer, Storage

We're seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our BE Platform team. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will play a key role in building and evolving control and data planes, improving underlying systems, and writing software that implements critical workflows to automate and enhance the operation of our large-scale storage infrastructure.

Key responsibilities include:

• Design, write, and deliver software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Reddit's products in Go, C++, and sometimes Python.
• Dive deep into the codebase of supported storage systems to understand system internals.
• Make system-level improvements, enhancements, and implement complex code modifications.
• Engage actively with the open-source community to implement and upstream changes to the OSS codebase.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of high-performance, large-scale distributed storage systems to power various use cases at Reddit.
• Collaborate closely with engineering teams and stakeholders to integrate storage capabilities into broader storage infrastructure and use cases across Reddit.

Requirements include:

• 7+ years of experience building internet-scale software, preferably with a focus on machine learning storage infrastructure.
• Software development experience in one or more general-purpose programming languages; Golang, Python, C++, Java.
• Hands-on experience implementing features, optimizations, and bug fixes to distributed storage systems.
• Experience contributing code improvements, features, and bug fixes to open-source (OSS) projects.
• Prior experience with operating a large-scale critical infrastructure system with a focus on automation and workflow development is a plus, especially in a role where they were required to be on call.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with a service-oriented team and company.

Benefits include:

• Comprehensive healthcare benefits and income replacement programs.
• 401k match.
• Family planning support.
• Gender-affirming care.
• Mental health and coaching benefits.
• Flexible vacation and Reddit global days off.
• Generous paid parental leave.
• Paid volunteer time off.

This job posting may span more than one career level. In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission.