# Staff Software Engineer - Site Defense

Hiring organization: [Reddit](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/reddit)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/8e6b071e-8ad4-40b3-a1a3-9d42b78327c6

Listed on Reddit's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Staff
- Location: Remote - United States
- Remote: yes
- Salary: 217000 – 303900 USD per year

## Summary

Reddit seeks a Staff Software Engineer to design and operate infrastructure protecting the platform from DDoS attacks, bots, and malicious traffic at internet scale. This role combines distributed systems, networking, and security work, requiring both hands-on engineering and mentorship of junior team members.

_Our summary, not Reddit's wording._

## Skills named

C++, Go, HTTP, Java, Load Balancing, Machine Learning, Python, Rust, SSL/TLS, TCP/IP

## Required

- 7+ years building and operating high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems
- Software development in Python, Go, Rust, Java, or C++
- Networking fundamentals including HTTP, TLS, TCP/IP, proxies, CDNs, and load balancing
- Experience building and maintaining fault-tolerant distributed systems at scale
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills

## Nice to have

- DDoS mitigation, WAF, bot management, or abuse prevention systems experience
- Anti-abuse frameworks and bot scoring systems (ReCaptcha, Datadome, Turnstile)
- Browser fingerprinting frameworks (fingerprintJS, ThumbmarkJS)
- Familiarity with ML systems in production, particularly real-time inference or feature pipelines

Apply on Reddit's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/reddit/jobs/8175131