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# Principal Software Engineer, Infrastructure

- **Company:** reddit Inc.
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $286,700
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Computing Platforms, Systems Engineering, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Rust (Programming Language), Multi-Cloud, Backend, Kubernetes, Low Latency, Programming Languages
- **Published:** November 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/reddit/jobs/8350761

## About the Role

+ 10+ years of experience developing internet-scale software, preferably in infrastructure roles.
 + 8+ years experience with cloud infrastructure systems is a plus (Kubernetes, AWS / GCE ecosystems).
 + Experience in influencing larger (500+ engineers) organizations on technical direction/best practices.
 + Experience working with cross-functional teams such as design, product, data teams to deliver great user experiences.
 + Strong focus on user experience, usability, scalability, and quality. You are an undying advocate for the user, and you have a deep intuition for how people think and how they interact with software at scale.
 + Software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages; Python, Go, Rust, Java, C++.
 + Excellent communication skills to collaborate with a service-oriented team and company.

## Description

The Infrastructure organization is looking to hire a backend software engineer to work collaboratively on a team dedicated to building out Reddit's multi-cloud compute infrastructure. This is a high impact role where you will contribute to design, implementation, and operations for one of the largest sites in the world. The Infrastructure team's mission is to provide a platform for teams to independently and effectively run their compute workloads in a performant, reliable, and secure way.

The position is a mix of software engineering and devops; a lot of the time, we are writing software to improve our compute infrastructure. But there is a substantial amount of troubleshooting and analysis to understand the real problems we face as we scale, and our customer's workloads change.

What you'll do:

 * Work collaboratively with a team of software engineers and systems engineers to create and maintain the foundational platform for running Reddit's infrastructure.
 * Design, write, and deliver software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Reddit's products in Go and sometimes Python.
 * Guide and contribute feedback to the technical and strategic direction of the compute platform
 * Automate critical aspects of the development process such as service creation and management, as well as critical infrastructure operations.
 * Mentor backend developers across the company.
 * Be the go-to person for developers on complex problems