Software Engineer III, Compute

Reddit, Inc.

full-time

Posted on: 10/9/2025

Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $164,200 - $229,900 per year

Mid-LevelSenior

Distributed SystemsGoKubernetesLinux

About the role

Work collaboratively with a team of software engineers to create and maintain the foundational platform for running Reddit’s infrastructure.
Deliver software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Reddit’s Compute Platform.
Contribute feedback to the technical and strategic direction of the compute platform.
Automate critical aspects of the development process such as service creation and management, as well as critical infrastructure operations.
Share on-call responsibilities with the Compute team.

3+ years of experience developing internet-scale software, preferably in the context of infrastructure.
Language proficiency in Go.
Experience developing on top of Kubernetes or similar distributed systems.
Kubernetes controller or operator development experience is a huge plus.
Proficiency operating Linux with a solid understanding around cgroups, namespaces, other multi-tenancy primitives.
Strong troubleshooting capabilities surrounding both systems and software.
Prior experience engineering large scale distributed systems with a focus on automation and platform engineering is a plus, especially in a role where they were required to be oncall.
Excellent communication skills to collaborate with a service-oriented team and company.

Benefits

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