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$190,000 – $267,000
Listed on Reddit’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
Reddit seeks a senior backend engineer to help build infrastructure and products for their professional and youth-focused initiatives, working across distributed systems at scale. This role suits experienced systems engineers comfortable with rapid product development and cross-functional collaboration in a remote environment.
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What they ask for
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
- 3+ years building large-scale distributed systems
- 5+ years professional software development in a general purpose language
- Experience designing and implementing maintainable APIs
- Experience with distributed caching and large-scale data storage systems
- Track record developing highly scalable and reliable systems
- Experience leading cross-team projects
- Strong written and verbal communication
Nice to have
- Leadership or mentorship experience with engineers