Software Engineer III

Reddit, Inc. seeks Software Engineer III in San Francisco, CA:

Job Duties: Build and scale the high-traffic services that underpin Reddit’s most fundamental
user experiences, and the new innovations that will spark connections and fuel the next wave of
Reddit’s growth. Build a stable, high-performance, and flexible platform API upon which product
teams and Reddit can quickly iterate on user-delighting features. Maintain and operate our core
services and ensure industry-leading uptime and resilience. Given directional clarity,
independently design and implement high-quality software solutions. Help assess and hire
strong new talent to fuel our mission. Mentor and coach more junior engineers on your direct
team to grow skills and increase their impact and contribution. Telecommuting is an option.

Minimum Requirements: Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Mathematics, Computer
Science, Engineering, or closely related quantitative discipline, and four (4) years of
progressively responsible experience in job offered or in any occupation in a related field.

Special Skill Requirements: (1) Proficiency with at least one high-performance language such
as Golang, C, C++, or Java; (2) Large-scale development with continuous integration (CI)
systems; (3) Large-scale deployment with continuous deployment (CD) systems; (4) Operating
services on Kubernetes; (5) Designing best-practice RPC APIs and interfacing with structured
RPC protocols such as gRPC or Thrift; (6) High-scale, data-intensive service design and
development; (7) High-scale service operation and incident management; (8) Dynamic software-
based traffic routing; (9) Design, implementation, and operation of eventually-consistent
systems; (10) Debugging distributed services/applications; (11) Zero-downtime service
deployment methodology; and (12) Service observability, instrumentation, and monitoring. Any
suitable combination of education, training and/or experience is acceptable. Telecommuting is
an option.

Benefits:

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits
• 401k Matching
• Workspace benefits for your home office
• Personal & Professional development funds
• Family Planning Support
• Flexible Vacation (please use them!) & Reddit Global Wellness Days
• 4+ months paid Parental Leave
• Paid Volunteer time off

Submit a resume with references using the apply button on this posting or by email at:
jobs@reddit.com at Req.# 22-133280.

Pay Transparency:

This job posting may span more than one career level.

In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/.

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. 

The base pay range for this position is: $216,000 - $229,000 USD

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