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Staff Software Engineer , Observability

Reddit · Remote - United States

Posted about 2 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
69 days
Reddit's roles stay open a median of 81 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Reddit's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Reddit
high
148 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
2026-10-23

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 Staff Software Engineer on the Observability team at Reddit, you will work at the intersection of infrastructure and software development, focusing on monitoring, logging, and distributed tracing systems. Your responsibilities include collaborating with other engineers to enhance the observability platform, improving system performance, and contributing to open-source projects. You will also share on-call duties and help automate event-driven development processes.

Our read on this posting2.6out of 5
benefits
4/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Reddit as an employer.

What you need

  • 7+ years of experience developing internet-scale software, preferably in the context of infrastructure
  • Familiarity with distributed systems development
  • Experience developing on top of Kubernetes or similar distributed systems
  • Strong troubleshooting capabilities surrounding both systems and software
  • Experience engineering large systems, tracking work, and being a self-starter on projects
  • Excellent communication skills to collaborate with a service-oriented team and company

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with specific tools such as Prometheus, Thanos, Grafana, Vector, Clickhouse, Otel, Loki
  • Kubernetes controller or operator development experience

What you get

  • Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
  • 401k with Employer Match
  • Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
  • Family Planning Support
  • Gender-Affirming Care
  • Mental Health & Coaching Benefits

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of the tech stack beyond open-source tools, which may indicate reliance on legacy systems
  • The role involves on-call responsibilities, which can impact work-life balance
  • The salary range is quite broad, indicating variability based on experience and negotiation

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Listed by Reddit on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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