Senior Backend Engineer, Safety at Reddit

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Reddit is hiring a US-remote Senior Backend Engineer to build safety and moderation tools for community leaders.

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Location: Remote
Work arrangement: remote
Technologies: Python, Go

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Role overview

Reddit’s Safety and Moderation organisation builds tools that help community moderators keep Reddit safe, healthy and scalable. This senior backend role ships high-impact moderator features and shapes technical and product strategy.

Responsibilities

Design and deliver backend services and features for moderator and safety tooling.
Work with product, design, frontend and mobile engineers on reliable, intuitive experiences.
Own technical and product strategy, operations, architecture and execution for major initiatives.
Improve performance, reliability, observability and maintainability of moderator systems.
Collaborate with community and safety stakeholders to understand needs and measure impact.
Mentor engineers and raise standards for enterprise engineering practices.

Qualifications

Strong hands-on backend engineering experience with modern enterprise languages and practices.
Experience building production APIs, services and distributed systems.
Ability to work cross-functionally and own projects from design through rollout and operation.
Understanding of safety, moderation, trust, community or other high-scale user-facing systems.
Strong communication, technical judgement and problem-solving skills.

Technology in this role

Python: Listed by the employer as part of the role’s technical requirements.
Go: Listed by the employer as part of the role’s technical requirements.
Rust: Listed by the employer as part of the role’s technical requirements.
Ruby: Listed by the employer as part of the role’s technical requirements.
CAN: our job is to give them fast, reliable, and intuitive tooling so they can focus on cultivating great .
GraphQL: • Experienced with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, Thrift or gRPC basics, and the ability to design and implement maintainable .
gRPC: • Experienced with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, Thrift or gRPC basics, and the ability to design and implement maintainable .

Role-specific candidate guide

Preparation notes based on the employer’s stated responsibilities and qualifications.

Understanding the scope. This Senior Backend Engineer, Safety position at Reddit is best assessed through the work described in the employer’s posting, rather than the title alone. The available role overview says: “Reddit’s Safety and Moderation organisation builds tools that help community moderators keep Reddit safe, healthy and scalable. This senior backend role ships high-impact moderator features and shapes technical and…” Read that statement together with the responsibilities below to understand the likely balance between delivery, coordination and technical decision-making. The role belongs to the software engineering area, but that label is only a guide to the work; the employer’s own requirements remain decisive. Before applying, check the original listing for reporting lines, product or team assignment, employment terms and any details that may have changed since this copy was checked. Where this page says a fact is not specified, treat it as an open question rather than an implied promise.

What the responsibilities signal. The posting specifically names “Design and deliver backend.

Benefits

Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
This job posting may span more than one career level.
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. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of 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 learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/ .
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About Reddit

Reddit is a community platform. Its Safety and Moderation organisation builds tools for moderators and community health.

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Source checked: 2026-11-08

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