Staff Software Engineer, Community Builders

Reddit

Remote, US
Base: not specified; equity: eligible for restrict...
Remote
7+ years software engineering experience
Backend architecture design
Ml-powered ranking systems
The role involves defining and accelerating the backend architecture powering core growth levers for Reddit's community building initiatives

Job Summary

  • The role involves defining and accelerating the backend architecture powering core growth levers for Reddit's community building initiatives.
  • Candidates must partner with Engineering Managers to cultivate a growth engineering mindset that prioritizes experimentation and iteration.
  • The position requires establishing instrumentation foundations to run rigorous A/B tests on growth levers and translating data into architectural choices.

Matching Summary

The role involves defining and accelerating the backend architecture powering core growth levers for Reddit's community building initiatives.

Salary

Base: Not specified; Equity: Eligible for restricted stock units; Benefits: Comprehensive healthcare, 401k match, paid parental leave

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 7+ years software engineering experience
  • Backend architecture design
  • ML-powered ranking systems
  • A/B testing and experimentation
  • Cross-team collaboration

Nice-to-have

  • Growth team mindset
  • Mentoring junior engineers
  • Data-informed decision making
  • High-scale distributed systems
  • Transparent communication skills

Key Requirements

  • At least 7 years of professional experience
  • Proven track record with ML-heavy products
  • Experience designing retrieval systems and inference pipelines

Work Rights

Not specified

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