Senior Backend Engineer, Poster Experience

Posted 23 Days Ago
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Hiring Remotely in Ontario, ON
Remote
5-7 Years Experience
Information Technology • Mobile • News + Entertainment • Social Media
The Role
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will design and build scalable backend services, collaborate with product managers and designers, contribute to strategy, participate in product reviews, and foster a positive engineering culture, making a significant impact on user experiences at Reddit.
Summary Generated by Built In

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 82M+ daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit redditinc.com.

The Core Experience organization's mission is to empower people to participate in global conversations through communities. Poster Experience specifically focuses on the user journey in creating posts at Reddit, which is the main source of user content for the product. We aim to make it easier, faster, and smarter to create and participate in conversations, and we drive several core product metrics for the entire Reddit ecosystem.

This is a high impact role where you will own projects from ideation to production, working with our super-talented cross-functional team. You'll closely collaborate with product and design teams, and be responsible for the engineering architecture and execution of key product features.

Please note that is position is only eligible for candidates located in Canada and within these select provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, and Ottawa). This role can be 100% remote within Canada. If you are located near our office in Toronto, you’re welcome to work a hybrid schedule there as well! 

What You’ll Do:

  • Design, build, and ship backend services, experiments and products for millions of users.
  • Communicate effectively, within the team and across disciplines. Work closely with product managers and designers to craft compelling user experiences.
  • Contribute meaningfully to our team’s strategy. We give everyone a seat at the table and encourage active participation in planning our future. Don’t just come along for the ride.
  • Participate in product reviews and team meetings, providing technical insight. Help scope, estimate, and prioritize between conflicting needs.
  • Foster a healthy engineering culture and collaborate with other engineers.

Who You Might Be:

  • 5+ years of software development experience in one or more general-purpose programming languages; Go, Python, Rust, Ruby.
  • Experienced with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, Thrift or gRPC basics, and the ability to design and implement maintainable APIs.
  • Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule.
  • BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.
  • Entrepreneurial spirit. You are self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action in fast-paced environments. You love to build new things and thrive in ambiguity and even failure.
  • Excellent communication skills. You collaborate effectively with teams in a fully remote environment and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences.

Benefits:

  • Comprehensive Health Benefits
  • Retirement Savings plan with matching contributions
  • Workspace benefits for your home office
  • Personal & Professional development funds
  • Family Planning Support
  • Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days Off

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Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve.  Reddit is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at [email protected].

Top Skills

Go
Python
Ruby
Rust
The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
1,900 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2005

What We Do

Reddit is a community of millions of users engaging in the creation of content and the sharing of conversation across tens of thousands of topics. Our mission is to bring community, belonging, and empowerment to everyone in the world.

Why Work With Us

At Reddit, you’ll help build something that encourages millions around the world to think more, do more, learn more, feel more– and maybe even laugh more.

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