Senior Staff Engineer, GraphQL

Job Description

Reddit is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for their GraphQL Team. This role focuses on solving large-scale API infrastructure challenges and developing the next generation of GraphQL architecture. The engineer will work with various teams across Reddit to build secure, scalable software and enable next-generation user experiences.Role involves:

• Contributing to the team and organization’s long term technical strategy
• Evolving Reddit's GraphQL user platform to enable efficient, performant API contributions.
• Solving domain challenges like traffic shaping, service federation, and schema governance.
• Expanding GraphQL's architecture to operate concurrently across global datacenters.
• Collaborating with leadership to build and align long-term platform roadmaps.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of technical leadership experience.
• 10+ years of coding experience in a production setting.
• Expertise in designing large-scale user-facing API platforms, especially with GraphQL.
• Excellent communication skills for collaboration.
• Experience with object-oriented programming languages (Go, C++, or Java).
• Degree in Computer Science or a related field.

Reddit offers:

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits
• 401k Matching
• Workspace benefits for your home office
• Personal & Professional development funds
• Family Planning Support
• Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Wellness Days
• 4+ months paid Parental Leave
• Paid Volunteer time off