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Senior Software Engineer, Media Creation

Reddit · Remote - United States

Posted 22 days ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
22 days
Reddit's roles stay open a median of 45 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Reddit's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Reddit
high
90 stale, 3 reposted of 150 open
Hiring momentum
259 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Reddit's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Reddit.

About this role

As a Senior Software Engineer at Reddit, you will focus on developing backend architecture for media creation tools, enabling users to capture, edit, and publish video and image content. Your role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to build APIs, contributing to the full development cycle, and mentoring junior engineers. You will need to balance speed and quality while addressing complex technical challenges.

Our read on this posting3.2out of 5
benefits
4/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
  • 3+ years of industry experience in large-scale distributed systems
  • 5+ years of hands-on software development experience in general purpose programming languages (Go, Python, Ruby, Java, C++)
  • Experience with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, gRPC, Thrift, and API design
  • Experience with distributed caching layers and large scale data storage systems like Redis
  • Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks

Nice to have

  • Proven track record of strong product thinking
  • Experience building asynchronous media processing pipelines and scalable event-driven microservices
  • Familiar with background data fetching
  • Strong data analysis skills using SQL
  • Hands-on expertise with tools like FFMPEG, GPAC for media processing

What you get

  • Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
  • 401k with Employer Match
  • Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle
  • Family Planning Support
  • Gender-Affirming Care
  • Mental Health & Coaching Benefits

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of the tech stack beyond general programming languages and API technologies
  • The role requires balancing speed with quality, which may imply a fast-paced environment
  • The salary range is broad, which may indicate variability based on experience

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Listed by Reddit on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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