Senior Software Engineer, Home Experience

Reddit

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Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$190,000–$267,000 / yr
Posted
16 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

Market check

Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $183k
This role $228k
$102k most similar roles pay here $285k

This role pays more than 86% of similar roles. Most pay $152,551–$214,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $228k versus about $183k 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, Home Experience

As a Senior Software Engineer, Home Experience, you will join a full stack team responsible for high-traffic Feed pages on mobile and web platforms. You will own the entire development cycle for major projects, including design, coding, testing, and launching new features while collaborating with product and design partners. Your daily work involves driving backend service architecture, improving developer workflows, mentoring peers, and ensuring operational excellence through metrics-led execution. The role requires proficiency in general-purpose languages such as Python, Go, Swift, Kotlin, Rust, or C#, along with experience using BigQuery, HEX, and Firebase for data analysis. You will also leverage GenAI tools to increase productivity and potentially integrate ML solutions. This position focuses on solving the technical challenge of delivering smooth, intuitive user experiences at a massive scale for millions of users.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?

Median $204500 from 415 postings across 57 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Own the full development cycle for major projects including design, development, testing, experimentation, analysis, and launch.
  • Write and review code and design documents while providing feedback on product specifications and mocks.
  • Drive the planning, development, and implementation of backend service architecture for mobile and web clients.
  • Execute a metrics-led culture with a focus on operational excellence and system observability.
  • Mentor engineers to grow their technical expertise and establish standards that improve developer workflows.
  • Partner with leadership and cross-functional teams to develop product and engineering roadmaps.
  • Analyze experiments and utilize product metrics to inform development decisions.

What we're looking for

  • 6+ years of experience as a software engineer developing user-facing applications.
  • Proficiency in at least one general-purpose programming language such as Python, Go, Swift, Kotlin, Rust, or C#.
  • Experience with product metrics and designing/analyzing experiments using tools like BigQuery, HEX, or Firebase.
  • BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Experience leveraging GenAI tools to increase software engineering productivity.
  • Experience working with ML engineering teams and integrating ML solutions (preferred).
  • Experience with social platforms (preferred).
  • Strong communication skills for collaborating in a fully remote environment with both technical and non-technical audiences.

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