Senior Software Engineer - DevX
$191K–$267K
Remote - United States +1 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted May 21, 2026
- Location
- Remote - United States
San Francisco, CA, United States - Experience
- 5+ years of professional software development experience; 3+ years of large-scale distributed systems experience.
About the job
Build and lead developer platforms, backend systems, and AI-powered workflows that improve software development and productivity across Reddit Engineering.
What you'll do
- Design and build scalable backend systems, APIs, infrastructure, and tools for developer workflows.
- Lead cross-functional projects, iterating with internal users and integrating with existing engineering systems.
- Mentor engineers and improve the reliability, usability, and maintainability of developer tooling.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of hands-on, post-grad, non-internship professional software development experience, with backend, infrastructure, or platform engineering as a core strength.
- 3+ years of industry experience working on large-scale distributed systems.
- Strong proficiency with Go and significant experience with Go in production systems.
- Experience designing APIs; building platforms or developer tools; infrastructure experience; and hands-on use of AI-powered developer tools and workflows.
Nice to have
- Experience in developer experience, developer productivity, internal platforms, or developer tooling.
- Experience with CI/CD systems, GitHub Enterprise Server, Python, or measuring developer productivity impact.
Pay
$190,800 — $267,100 USD (base salary)
Tools
Go, GraphQL, REST, HTTP, gRPC, Kubernetes, Python, GitHub Enterprise Server
AI focus
Build AI-powered and agentic developer workflows and integrate AI tools where they meaningfully improve developer productivity. Interviews in select roles and locations may be recorded, transcribed, and summarized by AI; candidates may opt out.
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