Staff Software Engineer

You'll play a pivotal role in sculpting our real-time streaming data API. We are seeking a Staff Backend Engineer with a unique blend of skills and a wealth of experience to contribute to our innovative endeavors. In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in developing and maintaining our cutting-edge data APIs. You'll collaborate with colleagues from various backgrounds and specialties, harnessing our collective strengths to design and implement scalable and efficient solutions tailored to our business's multifaceted needs. If you're passionate about making a significant impact and thrive in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment, then we're excited to welcome you to our team!

Building a platform that is highly available, extremely reliable, low on latency, and at internet scale.
Evolving Reddit's public API and capabilities towards a cleaner, elegant Developer Experience.
Building the technical foundation for future features and experiences.
Creating a collaborative and supportive team with a strong sense of ownership.

Likely 7+ years of industry experience in backend, infrastructure, developer tools, or app platforms.
Technical leader in the execution of large scale projects from 0 to 1.
Kafka, Flink, Go, and Kubernetes experience.
Mentoring and coaching other engineers as well as leading by example strong software engineering best practices.
Passion for developing scalable, well-designed software that people love.
Entrepreneurial spirit. On our team, everyone needs to act like a startup CEO. You must be self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action in fast-paced environments. You live to build new things and thrive in ambiguity and even failure.
Excellent communication skills. You must be able to collaborate effectively with teams in a fully-remote environment, and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences.