Staff Software Engineer, Consumer Engineering
Remote - United States · Staff+ · Contract
Sponsorship not specified$217k-$303kDetected 5 days ago
PythonJavaGoRustC++KotliniOSAndroidDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentPostgreSQLRedisCassandraBigQueryAPI DevelopmentGraphQLRESTgRPCMachine LearningData ScienceA/B TestingSEOAccount ManagementCommunication
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61Sponsors, lottery-bound
Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role90
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level IV)94
Fits your clock70
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About the role
- With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet's largest sources of information.
Responsibilities
- Partner closely with Product Management, Product Design, Data Science, and Client Engineers (iOS/Android/Web) to translate business and user needs into reliable, low-latency technical solutions.
- Own the full software lifecycle for major product initiatives from technical design docs and API contracts to development, testing, rollout, and observability.
- Design, build, and evaluate A/B experiments.
- Build and maintain scalable APIs (GraphQL, REST, gRPC) and distributed backend services optimized for client consumption and consumer UI performance.
- An advocate for the user with an intuitive feel for product usability, interaction design, social dynamics, and user growth loops.
- Cross-Functional Product Architecture: Partner closely with Product Management, Product Design, Data Science, and Client Engineers (iOS/Android/Web) to translate business and user needs into reliable, low-latency technical solutions.
- End-to-End Delivery: Own the full software lifecycle for major product initiatives from technical design docs and API contracts to development, testing, rollout, and observability.
- Metrics & Experimentation-Led Engineering: Design, build, and evaluate A/B experiments. Work with tools like BigQuery, HEX, or Firebase to analyze user behavior, conversion funnels, and retention loops to make data-backed engineering decisions.
- API & System Performance: Build and maintain scalable APIs (GraphQL, REST, gRPC) and distributed backend services optimized for client consumption and consumer UI performance.
- Comfortable working alongside Data Scientists and PMs to design experiments, establish core performance metrics, and iterate quickly based on real-time feedback.
Requirements
- Languages: Proficiency in modern backend languages such as Go or Python (or Java, Kotlin, Rust, C++).
- Data & Caching: Experience with high-throughput caching layers and distributed datastores (e.g., Redis, Cassandra, PostgreSQL ).
- Modern Workflows: Experience or interest in using AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate development workflows.
- Proficiency in modern backend languages such as Go or Python (or Java, Kotlin, Rust, C++).
Skills
- 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.
- For more information, visit www.redditinc.com.
- This centralized role hires across several high-impact consumer teams, including:
- Core Product & Feeds:
- Home Experience, Recommendations & Content Discovery, Content Contribution
- Community & Presence:
- Reddit Pro, Youth Experience & Teen Safety, Creator Tools
- Growth & Engagement:
- Authentication, Notifications, Social Sharing, SEO, Onboarding.
Compensation
- 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.
- 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.
Benefits
- 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.
Equal opportunity
- Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve.
- If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during the interview process, please let your recruiter know.
Visa & Work Authorization
- You will have the opportunity to opt out of recording, transcription and summarization prior to any scheduled interviews.
This listing is sourced directly from Reddit's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.