Software Engineer, Consumer Engineering
$164K–$229K
Remote - United States · Remote · Full-time · Posted Sep 9, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years.
About the job
Build and scale backend products that help Reddit users discover content, participate in communities, and connect with others.
What you'll do
- Partner cross-functionally to design reliable, low-latency product solutions and own initiatives through design, development, testing, rollout, and observability.
- Build and maintain scalable APIs and distributed backend services; design and evaluate A/B experiments using user and product metrics.
- Improve engineering practices and workflows, mentor teammates, and use modern AI-integrated tools.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of hands-on backend development building and operating large-scale distributed serving systems in high-concurrency environments.
- Proficiency in Go or Python, or Java, Kotlin, Rust, or C++.
- Expertise designing and maintaining scalable APIs using GraphQL, REST, or gRPC.
- Experience with high-throughput caching layers and distributed datastores such as Redis, Cassandra, or PostgreSQL.
Nice to have
- Experience or interest in using AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate development workflows.
Pay
$164,000 — $229,000 USD base salary
Tools
Go, Python, Java, Kotlin, Rust, C++, GraphQL, REST
AI focus
Use AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate development workflows. In select roles and locations, AI may record, transcribe, and summarize interviews; candidates may opt out.
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