Senior Backend Engineer, IAM

United StatesRemote

Responsibilities

Building systems around authentication, authorization and identity to meet the needs of Reddit’s engineering organization and millions of daily users.
Design, build and ship backend services powering experiences for one of the most visited sites in the world.
Build: Execute on a strategy and create a more performant, more scalable, higher quality architecture around authentication, authorization and identity.
Collaborate: Work together with a variety of cross functional teams across Reddit Engineering.

With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 126 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information.
This is a fully remote role. Reddit has a flexible first workforce.
Technical understanding of core identity concepts, authentication protocols (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML), session management and/OR Authorization access models (ABAC, RBAC, ReBAC), centralized authorization engines
Proficiency in one or more general purpose programming languages (preferably Go). •
Experience with (or curiosity to learn about) essential cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, CI/CD, AWS, GCP). •
Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of
In select roles and locations, the interviews will be recorded, transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI).

Evolve: Learn and improve your own technical and non-technical abilities. Who you might be: 5+ years of

Work with product management, security, client engineering, and backend teams to define and implement Reddit’s IAM vision and roadmap.
Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
401k with Employer Match
Gender-Affirming Care
Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
Generous Paid Parental Leave 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.
The Identity and Access Management team develops and maintains a set of mission critical, highly performant, and highly scalable systems that manage user identity, authentication, and authorization for all of our millions of daily users and backend services.
Some of our present and future challenges include:
You’ll draw on your technical expertise to ensure these systems have high uptime and strong performance while working with others to build a roadmap to match the needs of an ever growing engineering organization.
Steer: Work with the team to select, scope, and drive high leverage projects that align with Reddit’s goals.
Amplify: Mentor, coach, and collaborate with other technical contributors
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. Benefits:
Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
This job posting may span more than one career level.