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# Staff Software Engineer

- **Company:** reddit Inc.
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $217,000.0 - $303,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Programming Tools, Redis, Software Construction, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, TypeScript, Backend, Kubernetes, Golang
- **Published:** August 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/reddit/jobs/8049901

## About the Role

* 7+ years of industry experience in backend, infrastructure, developer tools, or app platforms.
 * Technical leader in the execution of large scale projects as well as day-to-day troubleshooting.
 * Go, Typescript, Redis, distributed SQL, and Kubernetes experience.
 * Mentoring and coaching other engineers as well as leading by example strong software engineering best practices.
 * Passion for developing scalable, well-designed software that people love.
 * Entrepreneurial spirit. On our team, everyone needs to act like a startup CEO. You must be self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action in fast-paced environments. You live to build new things and thrive in ambiguity and even failure.
 * Excellent communication skills. You must be able to collaborate effectively with teams in a fully-remote environment, and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences.

## Description

* Build and maintain the underlying infrastructure of the developer platform.
 * Build new features for external developers such as SQL db as a service.
 * Contribute to the entire development cycle: technical design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch. You'll be reviewing code and design docs, giving feedback on product specs and mocks.
 * Contribute meaningfully to team strategy. We give everyone a seat at the table and encourage active participation in planning for the future.


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