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# Staff Software Engineer

- **Company:** reddit Inc.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Salary:** $217,000.0 - $303,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Data Analysis, C++ (Programming Language), Data Compression, Distributed Systems, FFmpeg, Image File Formats, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, HTTP Live Streaming, Python (Programming Language), Redis, Distributed Caching, Ruby, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), MPEG-DASH, Information Technology, Live Streaming, Graphql, Grpc, Golang
- **Published:** October 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.themuse.com/jobs/reddit/staff-software-engineer-media-experience

## About the Role

* BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience
 * 5+ years of industry experience in large-scale distributed systems.
 * 7+ years of hands-on, professional software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages (Go, Python, Ruby, Java, C++)
 * Experienced with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, gRPC, Thrift basics, and the ability to design and implement maintainable APIs
 * Experienced with distributed caching layers, and distributed large scale data storage systems like Redis.
 * Familiarity with image processing and delivery technologies such as image scaling, cropping, and image formats like progressive JPEG, WebP, etc.
 * Familiarity with HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), MPEG-DASH, MP4, and other streaming protocols, as well as video compression standards (H.264, H.265/HEVC, VP9, AV1)
 * Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and to deliver projects on schedule.
 * Excellent communication skills. You collaborate effectively with teams in a fully remote environment and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences.

What Will Set You Apart

 * Demonstrated curiosity and commitment to staying up-to-date with advancements in video compression technologies, including attending conferences, reading research papers, and engaging with the latest industry trends.
 * Strong understanding of how to measure and improve video visual quality metrics (eg., VMAF, PSNR)
 * Hands-on expertise with tools like FFMPEG, GPAC and similar media frameworks for processing, modifying, and manipulating media streams.
 * Experienced with client-side technologies, familiarly with the client library around media (eg., AVFoundation, VideoToolbox, video prefetching)
 * Familiar with background data fetching.
 * Strong data analysis skills using SQL

## Description

* Work cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute on product and business strategy and build novel products and features that our users will love.
 * Contribute to the full 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.
 * Participate with a team of thoughtful, fast-moving, and motivated engineers. Contribute to standards that improve developer workflows, recommend best practices, and help mentor junior engineers on the team to grow their technical expertise.
 * Move fast while balancing quality. We can't afford extensive processes, and we also can't afford show-stopping bugs. We need someone who can balance speed with quality while quickly building brand-new products.
 * Collaborate with client engineers and platform engineers to improve performance of media across Reddit to serve better content globally.