Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Job Description

Reddit is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join their Infrastructure SRE team in Berlin. The ideal candidate will leverage their expertise in distributed systems and architecture to enhance the reliability and performance of Reddit's engineering platforms and services. This role involves close collaboration with the Compute, Traffic, and Observability infrastructure teams, focusing on open-source solutions at scale.Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet.Responsibilities:

• Work closely with engineering teams in designing and developing resilient and highly performant systems.
• Identify and build capabilities into foundational Infrastructure and Platform services.
• Deliver software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of observability components.
• Automate repetitive, manual, or risky tasks.
• Diagnose and fix network, system, and service-level issues.
• Optimize performance, reduce cost, and improve user experience.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or a development-focused DevOps role.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (Go and Python preferred).
• Experience with Kubernetes and Cloud systems.
• Familiarity with distributed systems development.
• Experience with the development and operation of high-traffic backend systems.
• Strong working knowledge of Linux and containers.
• Excellent communication and collaborative skills.

Reddit offers:

• Retirement Savings plan
• Workspace benefits for your home office
• Personal & Professional development funds
• Family Planning Support
• Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days Off