Software Engineer, Content Platform

🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $164,200–$164,200🗓 2026-08-18 → 2026-09-27

Core

Build and maintain scalable, fault-tolerant, self-serve systems for Reddit's Content Platform, including Tier-0 services and core data models for viewing feeds, posting, and commenting.

Role type

Senior IC backend software engineer (Go/Python)

Builds

Scalable platform services and legacy monolith components for Reddit's core user journeys

Domain

Social media / Content delivery infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Go, Python, C++, Java, Cassandra, Postgres, Redis, Kubernetes, gRPC, AWS/GCP, API design, system-level optimization

Preferred skills

Experience with scaled high-rate platform services

Responsibilities

Design and deliver software to improve availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency; dive deep into Go services and Python legacy monolith codebase; implement complex code modifications and system-level improvements; collaborate with cross-functional teams; share on-call responsibilities and support monitoring/alerting

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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About Reddit

Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 126 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com.