Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform

Reddit

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Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Salary
$190,800–$267,100 / yr
Posted
80 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $163k
This role $229k
$97k most similar roles pay here $285k

This role pays more than 96% of similar roles. Most pay $149,500–$177,250 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $229k versus about $163k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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 77 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $217,000–$303,400 across 77 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform

As a Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform, you will join the team responsible for the Core API Platform that powers essential features like listings, posts, comments, and media. You will serve as a technical coach and mentor to junior engineers while designing innovative solutions to scale the platform's infrastructure. Your daily responsibilities include building and operating services capable of handling hundreds of thousands of transactions per second with high availability, as well as optimizing the media experience for millions of users. The role requires expertise in Golang or Python, a deep understanding of API platform service architectures, and experience with large-scale, mission-critical distributed systems. You will focus on building clean, maintainable code to solve complex backend challenges related to media delivery performance and scalability within a high-traffic environment.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and develop innovative solutions to scale Reddit's core infrastructure.
  • Build platform API projects that support the needs of the entire engineering organization.
  • Mentor and coach junior engineers on the team to achieve technical goals.
  • Build, deliver, and operate services capable of handling hundreds of thousands of transactions per second.
  • Maintain high system uptime and performance for mission-critical distributed systems.
  • Optimize Reddit's media experience and delivery for millions of global users.
  • Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code in Golang or Python.

What we're looking for

  • Experience in software development using Golang or Python.
  • 5+ years of experience with large-scale, mission-critical distributed systems.
  • Expertise in media delivery from backend systems to users, including performance and scalability optimization.
  • Familiarity with API platform service architectures.
  • Proven ability to write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
  • Excellent communication skills for collaborating with both technical and non-technical audiences in a remote environment.
  • Ability to mentor and coach junior engineers.

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