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Staff Software Engineer, Onboarding

Reddit· Consumer Engineering
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Remote$217k - $303kFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Engineering leader for Reddit’s Onboarding team, responsible for building the backend architecture, instrumentation, and collaboration with ML-powered personalization and growth-focused workflows to optimize the first experiences of new users.

Responsibilities

  • Foster and Guide the Technical Strategy for Onboarding
  • Partner With the EM to Cultivate a Growth Engineering Mindset
  • Scale Impact Through Collaborative Engineering
  • Instrument, Measure, and Iterate
  • Guide Cross-Functional Alignment
  • Raise the Bar on Engineering Excellence

Qualifications

  • At least 7 years of experience
  • A strategic partner, not just a technologist
  • Mentor who helps other engineers level up
  • Data-informed and logical with metrics-driven design
  • Comfortable with growth-team ambiguity
  • Clear, transparent communication skills
  • Experience with ranking, recommendations, and personalization; backend architectures, retrieval systems, and ML collaboration

Skills

Required:Backend architectureML-powered personalizationExperimentation

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
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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