Software Engineer, Content Platform
$164K–$230K
Remote - United States · Remote · Full-time · Posted Aug 18, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of software engineering experience in a production setting.
- Education
- BS in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience.
About the job
Build and maintain scalable Content Platform services and infrastructure that power Reddit’s core user experiences, such as feeds, posts, comments, and upvotes.
What you'll do
- Design and deliver software to improve product availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency.
- Improve Go services and Reddit’s Python monolith, including system-level enhancements and complex code changes.
- Collaborate across teams and share on-call responsibilities to support monitoring, alerting, and service reliability.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of software engineering experience in a production setting writing clean, maintainable, well-tested code.
- BS in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- Proficiency in one or more backend programming languages such as Golang, Python, C++, or Java.
- Experience with databases and modern cloud-based infrastructure.
Nice to have
- Prior experience with scaled, high-rate platform services and API design.
Pay
$164,200 — $229,900 USD (base salary)
Tools
Go, Python, Golang, C++, Java, Cassandra, Postgres, Redis
AI focus
No AI development work is stated. AI may be used to record, transcribe, and summarize interviews in select roles and locations; candidates may opt out.
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