Remote Staff Software Engineer, Observability

Description:

• The Observability team at Reddit is seeking a Staff Software Engineer who excels at the intersection of infrastructure and software development.
• The team manages a suite of tools focused on enabling engineers to comprehend their creations, primarily utilizing open-source solutions at scale.
• Responsibilities include working on monitoring, logging, and distributed tracing systems, dealing with billions of data points, and addressing unique challenges of scale.
• The role involves performance engineering, product innovation, and enhancing reliability and scalability of logging systems.
• The team is currently developing a tracing product based on OTEL, Clickhouse, and Grafana for internal use at Reddit.
• The position offers the opportunity to work on challenging infrastructure and software engineering problems that directly impact millions of users worldwide.

Requirements:

• Minimum 7 years of experience in developing internet-scale software, preferably in an infrastructure context.
• Familiarity with distributed systems development, with a bonus for experience with tools like Prometheus, Thanos, Grafana, Vector, Clickhouse, Otel, and Loki.
• Proficiency in developing on top of Kubernetes or similar distributed systems, with Kubernetes controller or operator development experience being a significant advantage.
• Strong troubleshooting skills in both systems and software.
• Experience in engineering large systems, project management, and self-driven project execution.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with a service-oriented team and company.

Benefits:

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits
• 401k Matching
• Workspace benefits for your home office
• Personal & Professional development funds
• Family Planning Support
• Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Wellness Days
• 4+ months paid Parental Leave
• Paid Volunteer time off