Senior Software Engineer, GraphQL

United StatesRemote

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Responsibilities

Building deep observability to coordinate GraphQL requests efficiently across Reddit's architecture.
Design, build, and deliver solutions to improve GraphQL's functionality, scalability, and efficiency.
Investigate and tune the operation of our platform operating at massive scale.
Guide and support fellow engineers within the team as a mentor and leader. Share on-call

With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 126 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information.
GraphQL is Reddit's first-party API layer, providing client access to Reddit's rich dataset and driving the next generation of user experiences.
GraphQL provides product engineers across Reddit clear interfaces, a powerful and flexible execution engine, and world-class developer ergonomics. Our team's mission is to develop the next generation of foundational GraphQL infrastructure, scale our solutions to support hundreds of millions of users, and build intuitive tools for contributors to create and expand GraphQL schema.
Driving adoption of our Golang-based federated GraphQL architecture.
Work collaboratively with a team of software engineers to create and maintain the foundational platform for Reddit's GraphQL infrastructure.
experience designing and developing large-scale distributed backend systems.
Proficiency in one or more general purpose programming languages (preferably Go). •
Capability with essential cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, CI/CD, AWS, GCP).
Specific GraphQL backend experience is a plus. •
Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of
In select roles and locations, the interviews will be recorded, transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI).

Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
401k with Employer Match
Gender-Affirming Care
Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
Generous Paid Parental Leave #LI-remote Pay Transparency:
In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission.
benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave.
To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base salary ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state.
We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies.
The base salary range for this position is: $190,800 — $267,100 USD

It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet.
Location: This role is completely remote-friendly .
If you happen to live close to one of our physical office locations, our doors are open for you to come into the office as often as you'd like. Who We Are
Some of our present and future challenges include:
Deploying GraphQL to operate concurrently across global datacenters.
Tuning our stack for latency, resilience, and scale. What you'll do
Contribute feedback to the technical and strategic direction of the GraphQL platform.
Experience identifying and driving high impact projects that align with the company's strategy.
High empathy and excellent communication skills to collaborate across the organization.
Experience structuring and implementing complex data models is a plus Benefits: