Software Engineer, Content Platform

Role Overview

The Content Platform team within Infrastructure focuses on empowering product teams to build the best possible Content-related experiences. This high-impact team owns Tier-0 services and core data models that power critical user journeys like viewing feeds, posting, commenting, and upvoting. You will help maintain Reddit's monolith legacy stack and build scalable, fault-tolerant, self-serve systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, write, and deliver software (mostly in Go, sometimes in Python) to improve availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency.
• Dive deep into the codebase of Go services and the Python monolith legacy stack.
• Make system-level improvements, enhancements, and implement complex code modifications.
• Identify and discuss gaps in the current platform to evolve it for future growth.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and engage in soliciting customer feedback.
• Share on-call responsibilities and support monitoring/alerting to improve reliability.

Requirements

• 3+ years of software engineering experience in a production setting writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
• BS in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Proficiency in backend programming languages like Golang, Python, C++, or Java.
• Experience working with databases like Cassandra, Postgres, or Redis.
• Experience with modern cloud-based infrastructure like Kubernetes, gRPC, or AWS/GCP.
• Strong communication skills and a desire to collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

• Go
• Python
• Kubernetes
• Postgres
• AWS

Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
• 401k Match
• Family Planning Support
• Gender-Affirming Care
• Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
• Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days off
• Generous paid Parental Leave
• Paid Volunteer time off