Senior Backend Engineer, IAM

San Franciscofull timeRemote

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senior

$191k–$267k

H1B: yes

Reddit Senior Backend Engineer on Reddit's Identity and Access Management team designs and develops scalable authentication and authorization systems. The role includes mentoring, driving high-impact projects, and collaborating across engineering teams.

Responsibilities

Building systems around authentication, authorization and identity to meet the needs of Reddit’s engineering organization and millions of daily users.
Design, build and ship backend services powering experiences for one of the most visited sites in the world.
Work with product management, security, client engineering, and backend teams to define and implement Reddit’s IAM vision and roadmap.
Steer: Work with the team to select, scope, and drive high leverage projects that align with Reddit’s goals.
Build: Execute on a strategy and create a more performant, more scalable, higher quality architecture around authentication, authorization and identity.
Amplify: Mentor, coach, and collaborate with other technical contributors
Collaborate: Work together with a variety of cross functional teams across Reddit Engineering.
Evolve: Learn and improve your own technical and non-technical abilities.
5+ years of experience designing and developing large-scale distributed backend systems with at least 2+ years focused on security-sensitive domains (IAM, Security, Privacy, or Anti-Abuse).
Technical understanding of core identity concepts, authentication protocols (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML), session management and/OR Authorization access models (ABAC, RBAC, ReBAC), centralized authorization engines
Proficiency in one or more general purpose programming languages (preferably Go).

Qualification

401k with Employer MatchFamily Planning SupportGender-Affirming CareMental Health & Coaching BenefitsGenerous Paid Parental Leave

Required

Experience with (or curiosity to learn about) essential cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, CI/CD, AWS, GCP).
Experience identifying and driving high-impact projects that align with the company's strategy.
High empathy and excellent communication skills to collaborate across the organization.
Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
401k with Employer Match
Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
Family Planning Support
Gender-Affirming Care
Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
Generous Paid Parental Leave