[Remote] Staff Backend Engineer, Moderation Enforcement
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Reddit is hiring a Staff Backend Engineer for its Safety and Moderation organization. The role drives technical and product strategy, architecture, and execution for systems that detect platform-violating content and users and apply appropriate enforcement.
Responsibilities
- Work cross-functionally with product, data science, operations and other engineering counterparts to execute on product and business strategy to keep our platform safe
- Contribute to the full development cycle: ideation, technical design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch. You’ll be reviewing code and design docs,and help shape our roadmap
- Lead a team of thoughtful, fast-moving, and motivated engineers. Set and define standards that improve developer workflows, recommend best practices, and help coach and mentor engineers on the team to further their professional development
- Innovate on new solutions and continuously learn and improve your technical and non-technical abilities
Skills
- 8+ years of software development experience in one or more general-purpose programming languages; Go, Python, Rust, Ruby
- BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience
- Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule
- Entrepreneurial spirit. You are self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action in fast-paced environments. You love to build new things and thrive in ambiguity and even failure
- Experience partnering effectively with cross-functional teams in a fully remote environment and the ability to discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences
- Applied ML experience for a product or business solution
Benefits
- Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
- 401k with Employer Match
- Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
- Family Planning Support
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
- Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
- Generous Paid Parental Leave
- Remote friendly within the United States; if you live close to a physical office location (San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City & Chicago), you may come into the office as often as you'd like.
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