Senior Backend Engineer

Position:
Senior Backend Engineer, IAM

Company:
Reddit

Compensation:
$190,800 - $267,100 USD

Location:
United States

Employment type:
Not Specified

Work Arrangement:
Remote

Short Summary:
Reddit is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for the Identity and Access Management team to develop and maintain systems managing user identity, authentication, and authorization for millions of users.

Responsibilities:
- Steer: Work with the team to select, scope, and drive high leverage projects that align with Reddit’s goals.
- Build: Execute on a strategy and create a more performant, scalable, and higher quality architecture around authentication, authorization, and identity.
- Amplify: Mentor, coach, and collaborate with other technical contributors.
- Collaborate: Work together with various cross-functional teams across Reddit Engineering.
- Evolve: Learn and improve your own technical and non-technical abilities.

Requirement:
- 5+ years of experience designing and developing large-scale distributed backend systems, with at least 2+ years focused on security-sensitive domains (IAM, Security, Privacy, or Anti-Abuse).
- Technical understanding of core identity concepts, authentication protocols (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML), session management, and/or authorization access models (ABAC, RBAC, ReBAC).
- Proficiency in one or more general-purpose programming languages (preferably Go).
- Experience with essential cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, CI/CD, AWS, GCP).
- High empathy and excellent communication skills to collaborate across the organization.

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