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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 is building backend infrastructure for their media creation tools, and this role involves designing scalable APIs and systems that let users capture, edit, and publish video and image content. The position suits someone comfortable with distributed systems who can move quickly while maintaining quality, and who understands both the technical architecture behind media processing and how to translate user workflows into backend state management.
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What they ask for
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
- 3+ years of experience with large-scale distributed systems
- 5+ years of professional software development in a general-purpose programming language
- Experience designing and implementing maintainable APIs using GraphQL, REST, HTTP, gRPC, or Thrift
- Experience with distributed caching layers and large-scale data storage systems
- Strong organizational and communication skills
Nice to have
- Product thinking experience and ability to translate complex user workflows into backend architecture
- Experience building asynchronous media processing pipelines and event-driven microservices
- Familiarity with background data fetching
- Strong SQL and data analysis skills
- Hands-on expertise with media processing tools like FFMPEG or GPAC