Senior Software Engineer, Compute

<p>Reddit is a community of communities where people can dive into anything through experiences built around their interests, hobbies, and passions. Our mission is to bring community, belonging, and empowerment to everyone in the world. Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on content, stories, and discussions about the topics they care about the most. From pets to parenting, there’s a community for everybody on Reddit and with over 50 million daily active users, it is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. For more information, visit <a href="redditinc.com" target="_blank">redditinc.com</a>.</p><p>The position is a mix of software engineering and devops; a lot of the time, we are writing software to improve our compute infrastructure. But there is a substantial amount of troubleshooting and analysis to understand the real problems we face as we scale, and our customer’s workloads change.</p> <p>A successful candidate will;</p> <ul> <li>Work collaboratively with a team of software engineers and systems engineers to create and maintain the foundational platform for running Reddit’s infrastructure.</li> <li>Design, write, and deliver software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Reddit’s products in Go and sometimes Python.</li> <li>Contribute feedback to the technical and strategic direction of the compute platform</li> <li>Automate critical aspects of the development process such as service creation and management, as well as critical infrastructure operations.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Who You Might Be:</strong></p> <ul> <li>3+ years of experience developing internet-scale software, preferably in infrastructure roles.</li> <li>Prior experience with cloud infrastructure systems is a plus (Kubernetes, AWS / GCE ecosystems).</li> <li>Software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages; </li> <li>Python, Go, Rust, Java, C++.</li> <li>Excellent communication skills to collaborate with a service-oriented team and company.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Benefits:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Private Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits </li> <li>Retirement Savings plan with matching contributions</li> <li>Workspace benefits for your home office</li> <li>Personal &amp; Professional development funds</li> <li>Family Planning Support</li> <li>Commuter Benefits  </li> <li>Flexible Vacation &amp; Reddit Global Days Off</li> </ul><p><em>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 </em><a href="mailto:ApplicationAssistance@Reddit.com"><em>ApplicationAssistance@Reddit.com</em></a><em>.</em></p>