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# Senior Platform & Backend Engineer (Go, APIs, AI Tools)

- **Company:** reddit Inc.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Programming Tools, Distributed Systems, Software Engineering, Backend, Build Management, Golang
- **Published:** October 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/23_3D68F341F5BFCC3F112C3D92ECCEDF57

## About the Role

Reddit is seeking a senior backend engineer to design and build scalable systems, APIs, infrastructure, and developer tools that improve how engineers write, test, review, deploy, and operate software.
You will lead cross-functional projects, mentor engineers, and push for reliability and usability while applying Go expertise and cloud experience to empower teams across the platform.
Requirements include 5+ years of professional software development, 3+ years on large-scale distributed systems, #J-18808-Ljbffr