
Backend Engineer - User Economy
- Location
- United States of America
- Posted
- Salary Range
- 164k - 230k USD
Join Reddit's User Economy team as an engineer, driving high-impact projects on backend systems, monetization, and platform scalability.
Join Reddit's User Economy team as an engineer, driving high-impact projects on backend systems, monetization, and platform scalability.
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Join Reddit's User Economy team to drive high-impact projects and shape the future of Reddit's creator ecosystem. As a key member of the engineering team, you'll work on backend systems, monetization, and platform scalability. You'll collaborate with product, design, and other engineers to execute on product and business strategy, build novel products and features, and contribute to strategic planning and decision-making processes. With a strong focus on innovation, leadership, and communication skills, this role is ideal for experienced engineers looking to make a meaningful impact. Benefits include comprehensive healthcare benefits, income replacement programs, and flexible vacation time. Apply now to join Reddit's fast-moving team!
Join Reddit’s User Economy team, leading an exciting initiative that enables users to earn money through various Reddit products such as Awards, Premium, Collectible Avatars, and more. We’re redefining how users engage with and monetize their contributions, shaping the future of Reddit’s creator ecosystem.
As a key member of our small, fast-moving engineering team, you'll drive high-impact projects, working at the intersection of backend systems, monetization, and platform scalability. We've successfully launched key features and are expanding the team to build new, innovative ways for users to earn on Reddit.
What You’ll Do:
Work cross-functionally, collaborate and partner with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute on product and business strategy and build novel products and features that our users will love.
Contribute to the full development cycle: technical design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch. You’ll be reviewing code and design docs, giving feedback on product specs and mocks.
Participate with a team of thoughtful, fast-moving, and motivated engineers. Contribute to standards that improve developer workflows, recommend best practices, and help mentor engineers on the team to grow their technical expertise.
Contribute to strategic planning and decision-making processes for backend development.
Who You Might Be:
BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.
3+ years of coding experience in a production setting writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
2+ years of industry experience designing large-scale distributed systems.
Experience with object-oriented programming languages such as but not limited to: Golang, Python, or Java
Experienced with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, Thrift or gRPC basics, and the ability to design and implement maintainable APIs.
Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule.
Strong leadership and communication skills, with a track record of mentoring and developing junior engineers.
Entrepreneurial spirit. You are self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action in fast-paced environments. You love to build new things and thrive in ambiguity and even failure.
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
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