Reddit Principal Software Engineer, Infrastructure at Reddit focused on building and maintaining Reddit’s multi-cloud compute infrastructure. Role involves software engineering and devops to improve platform scalability and reliability.
Responsibilities
Work collaboratively with a team of software engineers and systems engineers to create and maintain the foundational platform for running Reddit’s infrastructure.
Design, write, and deliver software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Reddit’s products in Go and sometimes Python.
Guide and contribute feedback to the technical and strategic direction of the compute platform
Automate critical aspects of the development process such as service creation and management, as well as critical infrastructure operations.
Mentor backend developers across the company.
Be the go-to person for developers on complex problems
Who you might be:
10+ years of experience developing internet-scale software, preferably in infrastructure roles.
8+ years experience with cloud infrastructure systems is a plus (Kubernetes, AWS / GCE ecosystems).
Experience in influencing larger (500+ engineers) organizations on technical direction/best practices.
Experience working with cross-functional teams such as design, product, data teams to deliver great user experiences.
Strong focus on user experience, usability, scalability, and quality. You are an undying advocate for the user, and you have a deep intuition for how people think and how they interact with software at scale.
Qualification
Excellent communication skills
Required
10+ years developing internet-scale software, preferably in infrastructure roles
8+ years experience with cloud infrastructure systems (Kubernetes, AWS/GCE)
Experience influencing large organizations (500+ engineers) on technical direction
Experience working with cross-functional teams to deliver user experiences
Software development experience in Python, Go, Rust, Java, or C++
