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$260k
versus about
$212k
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Based on 240 similar postings.
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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.
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Listed pay typically runs
$216,700–$303,000
across 89 roles with salary data.
Staff Software Engineer, Media Experience joins the engineering team to build the next version of the media infrastructure. This role involves defining technical components for ingesting, processing, storing, and delivering video and audio content globally. The engineer will work cross-functionally to execute product strategy, contributing to the full development cycle including technical design, development, testing, and mentoring junior engineers. Key technical requirements include proficiency in Go, Python, Ruby, Java, or C++, along with experience in GraphQL, REST, HTTP, gRPC, and Thrift. Candidates must understand distributed caching layers like Redis, image processing formats like WebP, and streaming protocols such as HLS and MPEG-DASH. Expertise in video compression standards, FFMPEG, and SQL is required to solve complex media delivery and performance challenges.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.