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Senior Backend Engineer, IAM

Reddit· Infrastructure
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Remote$190.8k - $267.1kfull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Senior backend engineering role focused on building, scaling, and maintaining identity, authentication, and authorization systems for Reddit. Remote-first position targeting candidates in the United States.

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, more scalable, higher quality architecture around authentication, authorization and identity.
  • Amplify: Mentor, coach, and collaborate with other technical contributors
  • Collaborate: Work together with a variety of cross functional teams across Reddit Engineering.
  • Evolve: Learn and improve your own technical and non-technical abilities.

Qualifications

  • 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), centralized authorization engines
  • Proficiency in one or more general purpose programming languages (preferably Go).
  • Experience with (or curiosity to learn about) essential cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, CI/CD, AWS, GCP).
  • Experience identifying and driving high-impact projects that align with the company's strategy.
  • High empathy and excellent communication skills to collaborate across the organization.

Skills

Required:Distributed backend system designIdentity protocolsProgramming languageCommunication
Nice to have:Cloud infrastructure

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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