Staff Backend Engineer, User Safety at Reddit
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Lead backend systems for proactive abuse detection and safety enforcement on Reddit, working with product, data science, operations and machine-learning teams. This remote role is limited to the United States.
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Role overview
Reddit’s Safety and Moderation organization builds detection, automation and moderation tools. This Staff role shapes backend architecture and technical direction for proactive safety systems.
Responsibilities
- Work across product, data science and operations to identify safety problems and develop detection and enforcement capabilities.
- Lead technical design, implementation, testing, experimentation and launch; review designs and code, define engineering standards and mentor teammates.
Qualifications
- Requires at least eight years of software development in a general-purpose language such as Go, Python, Rust or Ruby, plus a relevant degree or equivalent experience.
- The posting emphasizes independent prioritization, cross-functional communication in a remote environment and comfort with ambiguity; applied ML experience is a bonus.
Technology in this role
- Python: Requires at least eight years of software development in a general-purpose language such as Go, Python, Rust or Ruby, plus a relevant degree or equivalent experience.
Benefits
- Reddit lists healthcare, retirement matching, flexible leave, parental leave and professional-development benefits. The stated US base-salary range is $217,000–$303,900.
About Reddit
Reddit is a community platform with more than 100,000 active communities. Its machine-learning teams support discovery, relevance, advertising and marketplace experiences.
How to apply
Review the original posting and apply through the employer’s careers page.
View source and applySource checked: 2026-11-08
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