Staff Software Engineer , Observability

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Staff Software Engineer , Observability in USA

Reddit
Full time
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USA
08/16/2026
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Remote

Responsibilities

Collaborate with software engineers to create and maintain the foundational platform for Reddit’s infrastructure.
Deliver software that improves the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of observability components.
Contribute feedback to the technical and strategic direction of eventing at Reddit.
Automate critical aspects of event-driven development.
Share on-call responsibilities.
Contribute upstream changes to the open-source projects used by the team.

Requirements

7+ years of experience developing internet-scale software, preferably in infrastructure.
Familiarity with distributed systems development and observability tools such as Prometheus, Thanos, Grafana, Vector, ClickHouse, OpenTelemetry, and Loki.
Experience developing on Kubernetes or similar distributed systems.
Kubernetes controller or operator development experience is a strong plus.
Strong troubleshooting capabilities across systems and software.
Experience engineering large systems, tracking work, and independently driving projects.
Excellent communication skills for collaboration with a service-oriented team and company.

Benefits

Fully remote work with a flexible-first workforce
Comprehensive healthcare benefits and income replacement programs
401(k) with employer match
Global benefits supporting workspace, professional development, and caregiving
Family planning support
Gender-affirming care
Mental health and coaching benefits
Flexible vacation and paid volunteer time off
Generous paid parental leave

Salary: $217k - $304k/yr

Reddit is a network of communities where people can delve into their interests, hobbies, and passions. There's a community for whatever you're interested in. You can post – the community can share content by posting stories, links, images and videos. You can comment on posts. You can vote – comme...

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