Engineering Manager, Media Foundations and Delivery

Remote - United States · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$217k-$303kDetected 12 days ago

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About the role

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.
With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 126 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet's largest sources of information.

Drive Infrastructure Modernization: Lead the architectural shift to elevate media to a first class citizen.
Optimize Playback & Delivery: Own key success metrics related to Quality of Services (QoS), including Time to First Frame (TTFF), stall/rebuffer rates, exits before video screen (EBVS).
Manage Global Distribution: Partner closely with our infrastructure teams to define how to scale media via Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), edge computing, and caching strategies.
Standardize Formats: You will drive the standardization of our stack, from streaming protocols (HLS, MPEG-DASH) to container formats (CMAF, MP4).
Lead the architectural shift to elevate media to a first class citizen.
Own key success metrics related to Quality of Services (QoS), including Time to First Frame (TTFF), stall/rebuffer rates, exits before video screen (EBVS).
Partner closely with our infrastructure teams to define how to scale media via Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), edge computing, and caching strategies.
Family Planning Support

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related quantitative field.
Proficiency in at least one programming language (Java, Go, Python).
Proven ability to balance immediate performance fixes (e.g., MP4 playback optimizations) with long-term architectural overhauls (e.g., media delivery at the edge, caching strategies).
Experience managing media creation experience, such as video or image editing tools, composers, or UIs for creators.
8+ years of industry experience, including 3+ years of engineering management experience, specifically leading complex, high-volume consumer systems. Experience managing cross-platform teams (Backend and Mobile/Client) is highly preferred.
A strong background in video streaming technologies, CDN routing, and media ingestion. You should understand the intricacies of multi-part uploads, encoding schedulers, and adaptive bitrate streaming.
Experience defining and governing clear Service Level Objectives and Indicators (SLOS, SLIs) to drive media investment decisions.
Proven ability to brainstorm and implement experimental ideas to drive growth.
Exceptional leadership, team management, communication, and collaboration skills.

8+ years of industry experience, including 3+ years of engineering management experience, specifically leading complex, high-volume consumer systems.
Experience managing cross-platform teams (Backend and Mobile/Client) is highly preferred.

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.

Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
Generous Paid Parental Leave
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.

Reddit is a community of communities.
For more information, visit www.redditinc.com.
Video consumption on our platform is experiencing massive organic growth, and we are heavily investing in integrating media as a functional layer of human discussion.
We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Media Foundations & Delivery team.
In this role, you will help transition media into a first-class citizen with a strong technical foundation and extensible architecture.
You will lead a cross-functional group of Backend, iOS, Android, and Web engineers to evolve our media stack and to unlock the next phase of growth at Reddit.

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.

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