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# Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform: Scale APIs

- **Company:** reddit Inc.
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Backend, Golang
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25303_9617e57f63188c643d04cbe022eaa71f

## About the Role

You will mentor junior engineers, deliver high-uptime backend systems, and influence roadmaps across distributed services written in Golang or Python. We expect 5+ years building large-scale distributed systems, strong communication across remote and in-person teams, and a track record delivering clean, well-tested code.