Staff Software Engineer, Media Experience
$217K–$303K
Remote - United States +1 · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 25, 2026
- Location
- Remote - United States
San Francisco, CA, United States - Experience
- 5+ years in large-scale distributed systems; 7+ years of professional software development experience.
- Education
- BS in Computer Science or a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Defines and builds Reddit’s media infrastructure for ingesting, processing, storing, and delivering video and audio content globally.
What you'll do
- Lead technical work across media infrastructure and collaborate with product, design, client, and platform teams.
- Contribute to the full development cycle, including design, development, testing, experimentation, analysis, and launch.
- Improve engineering standards and workflows, review code and design documents, and mentor junior engineers.
What they ask for
- BS in Computer Science or a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of industry experience in large-scale distributed systems.
- 7+ years of professional software development experience in one or more general-purpose programming languages.
- Experience with APIs, distributed caching and storage systems, image processing and delivery, and video streaming protocols and compression standards.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of video quality metrics such as VMAF and PSNR, and hands-on experience with FFMPEG, GPAC, or similar media frameworks.
- Client-side media technology experience, familiarity with background data fetching, or strong SQL data analysis skills.
Pay
$217,000 — $303,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Go, Python, Ruby, Java, C++, GraphQL, REST, HTTP
AI focus
In select roles and locations, interviews may be recorded, transcribed, and summarized by AI; candidates may opt out before scheduled interviews.
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