This role pays more than
79%
of similar roles. Most pay
$196,610–$259,500
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$260k
versus about
$228k
for comparable roles.
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.
Reddit currently has
81 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$216,700–$295,200
across 81 roles with salary data.
Staff Software Engineer, Media Foundations will lead the technical architecture of the media infrastructure team. In this role, you will define the strategy for ingesting, processing, storing, and delivering video and audio content globally. You will be responsible for designing scalable architectures to optimize video bottlenecks like latency and buffering while building resilient backend services for distributed transcoding and CDN routing. The position requires deep expertise in various codecs such as AV1, VP9, and H.264, alongside a mastery of distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and microservices. You will also establish engineering best practices, define strict SLOs, and mentor multiple teams while utilizing AI-assisted development tools for prototyping and system design. This role solves complex technical challenges related to high-quality media delivery and infrastructure performance within the core media product area.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?
Median $206300 from 350 postings across 54 companies.