Senior Software Engineer

Reddit

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Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$190,800–$267,100 / yr
Posted
136 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

Market check

Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $171k
This role $229k
$102k most similar roles pay here $285k

This role pays more than 92% of similar roles. Most pay $150,812–$190,375 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $229k versus about $171k 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 76 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $216,850–$299,100 across 76 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer - DevX joins the team focused on improving developer experience and productivity by building internal tools, platforms, and workflows. This role involves designing and building backend systems, APIs, infrastructure, and platform capabilities to streamline how engineers write, test, review, and ship code. The position specifically addresses the challenge of integrating agentic and AI-powered workflows into existing engineering processes while scaling services for a growing organization. Candidates will work with technologies including Go, Python, Kubernetes, and cloud providers, while designing APIs using GraphQL, REST, HTTP, or gRPC. Key responsibilities include collaborating cross-functionally to identify pain points, prototyping solutions, mentoring engineers, and managing high-impact projects involving CI/CD, security, and source control systems. The role aims to enhance developer velocity and reliability through robust engineering fundamentals and innovative tooling.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?

Median $206300 from 379 postings across 58 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and build backend systems, APIs, and infrastructure to improve developer workflows across the organization.
  • Develop agentic and AI-powered tools to enhance how engineers write, test, review, and ship code.
  • Build integrations between developer workflows and existing CI/CD, security, source control, and deployment systems.
  • Create scalable and reliable platforms that support internal developer tooling at a large scale.
  • Identify internal user needs and translate them into technical improvements and product features.
  • Lead high-impact projects by writing code, creating design documents, and making pragmatic technical tradeoffs.
  • Mentor engineers and help shape the roadmap for developer experience and productivity tools.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of post-grad professional software development experience in backend, infrastructure, or platform engineering.
  • 3+ years of industry experience building and improving large-scale distributed systems.
  • Strong proficiency with Go and significant experience using it in production systems.
  • Experience designing and implementing maintainable APIs using GraphQL, REST, HTTP, or gRPC.
  • Experience building platforms, developer tools, libraries, frameworks, or internal systems for other engineers.
  • Experience with infrastructure, Kubernetes, cloud providers, or other systems supporting modern software delivery.
  • Hands-on experience using AI-powered developer tools and workflows.
  • Experience in devex, internal platforms, CI/CD, GitHub Enterprise, Python, or measuring productivity impact (preferred).

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