Backend Software Engineer, PDP Experience

Reddit
United States
Remote

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience building high-traffic, large-scale distributed systems and working in a remote-first, fast-paced engineering team.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 3+ years of experience in large-scale distributed systems and a background in backend development
    — “Minimum of 3+ years of post-internship, full-time, hands-on, professional software development experience in large-scale distributed systems.
  • Individuals who thrive in remote environments and have a track record of cross-functional collaboration
    — “Collaborate effectively with teams in a fully remote environment and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Engineers with a strong foundation in API design and experience with GraphQL, REST, or similar protocols
    — “Experienced with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, Thrift or gRPC basics, and the ability to design and implement maintainable APIs.

Things to consider

  • The role may require participation in recorded interviews and AI summarization of the process
    — “The interviews will be recorded, transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI).
  • Candidates must be prepared to provide personal information for evaluation purposes
    — “We will collect the following categories of personal information: Identifiers, Professional and Employment-Related Information, Sensory Information (audio/video recording), and any other categories of personal information you choose to share with us.

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience with API design and implementation in your resume and interviews
    — “the ability to design and implement maintainable APIs.
  • Demonstrate your ability to balance speed with quality in your project examples
    — “Move fast while balancing quality. We can’t afford extensive processes, and we also can’t afford show-stopping bugs.
  • Emphasize your background in contributing to team strategy and process improvements
    — “Contribute meaningfully to team strategy. We give everyone a seat at the table and encourage active participation in planning for the future.
  • Showcase your ability to work cross-functionally with product and design teams
    — “Work cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute on product and business strategy.
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • contributed to full development cycle
  • participated in team strategy
Typical background
backend developersoftware engineer

Skills & requirements

Required

Backend DevelopmentLarge-scale Distributed SystemsAPI DesignTechnical Design

Preferred

GraphQLRESTHTTPThriftGrpc

Stack & domain

Backend DevelopmentLarge-scale Distributed SystemsGraphQLRESTHTTPThriftGrpcAPI DesignGoPythonRustRubyCommunicationProblem-solvingAdaptabilityCuriosityOwnershipProactivityBackendDistributed Systems

About the role

Original posting from Reddit via Greenhouse

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. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com.

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.

What You’ll Do:

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.

Who You Might Be:

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.

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 

Pay Transparency:

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. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/.

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base salary ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.

The base salary range for this position is:$164,000—$229,000 USDIn select roles and locations, the interviews will be recorded, transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI). You will have the opportunity to opt out of recording, transcription and summarization prior to any scheduled interviews.

During the interview, we will collect the following categories of personal information: Identifiers, Professional and Employment-Related Information, Sensory Information (audio/video recording), and any other categories of personal information you choose to share with us. We will use this information to evaluate your application for employment or an independent contractor role, as applicable.  We will not sell your personal information or disclose it to any third party for their marketing purposes.  We will delete any recording of your interview promptly after making a hiring decision.  For more information about how we will handle your personal information, including our retention of it, please refer to our Candidate Privacy Policy for Potential Employees and Contractors.

Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve.  Reddit is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during the interview process, please let your recruiter know.

Source: Reddit careers (Greenhouse)

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