Senior Backend Engineer, Compliance Engineering

About the role

Reddit is a community of communities, built on shared interests, passion, and trust. It's home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet, with 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors. The Compliance Engineering team prepares Reddit's platforms for evolving regulatory requirements, building products that establish trust while partnering across the company to meet the highest standards. Engineers on this team thrive in dynamic, ambiguous problem spaces and work across multiple domains and technology stacks.

Responsibilities

• Shape the future of Reddit by adapting our platforms to an evolving privacy, security, and regulatory landscape
• Partner with product, design, and engineering teams across the company to build trusted, compliant experiences for millions of users
• Join a highly visible team where you'll influence both technical and product strategy, and help define an entirely new product space
• Own product areas and shape strategy end-to-end: from technical design and coding to testing, experimentation, analysis, and launch
• Lead high-impact, cross-functional initiatives critical to Reddit's business and platform integrity
• Raise the bar for engineering by improving workflows, setting standards, and mentoring the next generation of engineers

Requirements

• 5+ years backend development experience with multiple parts of the backend stack, including databases, networking, and efficient computing
• Experience developing with Go, Python, Postgres, Redis, Thrift, GraphQL, and deploying to Docker/k8s on AWS
• Experience as a tech lead on projects and teams with 3+ backend engineers
• Ability to design and implement complex distributed systems operating under high load
• Self-directed, innovative, and biased toward action in fast-paced environments; thrive in ambiguity and even failure
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively in a fully-remote environment and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience mentoring engineers, owning team processes, and leading cross-functional projects

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare benefits and income replacement programs
• 401k with employer match
• Global benefit programs tailored to lifestyle (workspace, professional development, caregiving support)
• Family planning support
• Gender-affirming care
• Mental health and coaching benefits
• Flexible vacation and paid volunteer time off
• Generous paid parental leave

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $190,800—$267,100 USD. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for equity in the form of restricted stock units and may also be eligible for commission. Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance.