This role pays more than
85%
of similar roles. Most pay
$155,375–$212,700
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$228k
versus about
$184k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About Reddit
Reddit is a social news aggregation and discussion platform where users share content, vote on posts, and engage in community conversations across thousands of interest-based forums called subreddits.
Reddit currently has
83 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$217,000–$303,000
across 83 roles with salary data.
As a Senior Software Engineer, Consumer Engineering, you will join a team focused on building and scaling products for user discovery, community participation, and engagement. You will partner with product managers, designers, and data scientists to translate user needs into reliable, low-latency technical solutions while owning the full software lifecycle from design docs to production rollout. Your daily work involves designing A/B experiments, managing API contracts, and building distributed backend services optimized for mobile and web performance. The role requires expertise in Go, Python, Java, Kotlin, Rust, or C++, alongside experience with GraphQL, REST, and gRPC. You will also manage high-throughput caching layers and distributed datastores like Redis, Cassandra, and PostgreSQL to solve complex problems regarding content discovery, authentication, and community safety within a large-scale distributed systems environment.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?
Median $204300 from 375 postings across 53 companies.