Staff Software Engineer (Developer Ecosystem)

Join Reddit as a Staff Software Engineer and help shape the future of our developer platform. In this hands-on role, you will work across frontend, backend, SDKs, platform, and full-stack systems to make it easier for developers to build apps on Reddit. You will lead major technical initiatives, build systems and tools for future developer experiences, and contribute to the full development cycle. This position offers comprehensive health benefits, flexible vacation, family planning funds, and more.

- Experience leading large-scale technical projects from design through delivery
- API design and platform engineering experience, with a strong sense of developer empathy
- Familiarity with technologies such as Go, TypeScript, GraphQL, React, Redis, relational / NoSQL databases, along with the ability to work across the stack when needed
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a fully remote environment and explain complex topics to both technical and non-technical audiences
- A habit of using AI tools in your daily work to improve productivity and software quality
- A track record of mentoring engineers and raising the bar for software engineering practices through intentional efforts contributing to team culture
- A passion for building high-quality software that people enjoy using
- An entrepreneurial mindset: you’re self-directed, curious, comfortable with ambiguity, and eager to turn ideas into action
- 6+ years of industry experience working on platform functionality, developer tools, full-stack products, or app platforms
- Contributions to open-source projects
- Native mobile development experience
- Experience building Reddit apps with the Devvit platform