Senior Software Engineer, Storage
Remote - United States · Senior · Contract
Sponsorship not specified$217k-$304kDetected 22 days ago
PythonJavaGoC++PostgreSQLMySQLRedisCassandraMachine LearningData ScienceCommunication
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.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to developing the team and organization's long term technical strategy.
- Refine and maintain our data storage infrastructure to support the storage and caching needs of products supporting hundreds of millions of users.
- Own the infrastructure (managed and self-hosted) that supports data writes, reads and storage along with the necessary tooling and automation to efficiently operate the infrastructure.
- Mentor other engineers on how to design, build, and evangelize services used by hundreds of engineers across Reddit
- As a senior engineer, you will partner closely with your team and our biggest users (ML/AI/Search) to build technical solutions that can scale to Reddit's product growth.
Nice to have
- Software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages
- Golang, Python, C++, Java
- Hands-on experience implementing features, optimizations, and bug fixes to distributed storage systems.
- Degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical field.
- Experience working closely with Storage technologies like Postgres, Mysql, Cassandra, Redis, Memcache is a huge plus!
Compensation
- In select roles and locations, the interviews will be recorded, transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI).
- You will have the opportunity to opt out of recording, transcription and summarization prior to any scheduled interviews.
- We will use this information to evaluate your application for employment or an independent contractor role, as applicable.
- We will not sell your personal information or disclose it to any third party for their marketing purposes.
- We will delete any recording of your interview promptly after making a hiring decision.
- Reddit is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures.
- To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base salary ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state.
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.
Company info
- Reddit is a community of communities.
- Reddit's mission is to bring community and belonging to everyone in the world.
- Reddit is a community of communities where people can dive into anything through experiences built around their interests, hobbies, and passions.
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.