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$217,000 – $303,000
Listed on Reddit’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
Lead the technical architecture for Reddit's media infrastructure, designing systems to ingest, process, store, and deliver video and audio at global scale. This role suits experienced engineers comfortable with distributed systems who want to shape media strategy while mentoring multiple teams across the organization.
Our summary, not Reddit’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
What they ask for
Required
- 8+ years professional software engineering experience
- Technical Lead or Staff Engineer track record
- Distributed systems design and operation at scale
- Event-driven architectures and microservices experience
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to influence technical direction across teams
Nice to have
- ML/AI team collaboration experience
- Media recommendation systems
- Content moderation systems
- GenAI inference experience