Reddit, Inc. · 3 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer, Storage
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$217K/yr - $304K/yr
7+ years expReddit is a community of communities, built on shared interests and trust, and is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. The Staff Software Engineer, Storage will focus on building and evolving control and data planes for Reddit's large-scale storage infrastructure, collaborating with product teams to enhance storage technologies and improve data models and access patterns.
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Responsibilities
Design, write, and deliver software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Reddit’s products in Go, C++ and sometimes Python
Dive deep into the codebase of supported storage systems to understand system internals
Be able to make system level improvements, enhancements and implement complex code modifications
Engage actively with the open-source community to implement and upstream changes to the OSS codebase
Contribute to the design and implementation of high-performance, large-scale distributed storage systems to power various use cases at Reddit
Collaborate closely with engineering teams and stakeholders to integrate storage capabilities into broader storage infrastructure and use cases across Reddit
Mentor and guide other engineers on how to design, build and evangelize vector storage services across Reddit
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience building internet-scale software, preferably with a focus on machine learning storage infrastructure
Software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages; Golang, Python, C++, Java
Hands-on experience implementing features, optimizations, and bug fixes to distributed storage systems
Experience contributing code improvements, features and bug fixes to open-source (OSS) projects
Prior experience with operating a large scale critical infrastructure system with a focus on automation and workflow development is a plus, especially in a role where they were required to be on call
Excellent communication skills to collaborate with a service-oriented team and company
Benefits
Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
401k Match
Family Planning Support
Gender-Affirming Care
Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days off
Generous paid Parental Leave
Paid Volunteer time off
Company
Reddit, Inc.
Reddit is the heart of the internet, where millions of people get together to talk about any topic imaginable.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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$1.33BKey Investors
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2024-03-21IPO
2021-08-12Series F· $410M
2021-02-08Series E· $367.95M
Leadership Team
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