Staff Software Engineer - Vector Storage

The position is a mix of software engineering and cloud engineering; a lot of the time, we are writing software to implement important workflows that automate the operation of our vast production infrastructure.

We also work with our product teams to make the underlying Storage technologies work better for Reddit’s main workloads, including defining and improving the application’s data models and data access patterns, and lots of times, this also involves data-driven analysis and tuning of the Storage stack to make step function improvements to the end-to-end data path. There is a substantial amount of troubleshooting and analysis to understand the real problems we face as we scale, and our customer’s workloads change. 

A successful candidate will;

• Design and implement reliable, efficient workflows to automate a wide range of operational tasks critical to managing Reddit’s core storage infrastructure.

• Design, write, and deliver software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of Reddit’s products in Go, C++ and sometimes Python.

• Contribute to the design and implementation of a high-performance, large-scale distributed vector store to power search and machine learning applications.

• Collaborate closely with engineering teams and stakeholders to integrate vector storage capabilities into broader storage infrastructure and use cases across Reddit.

• Mentor and guide other engineers on how to design, build and evangelize vector storage services across Reddit

Who You Might Be:

• 7+ years of experience building internet-scale software, preferably with a focus on machine learning storage infrastructure.

• Software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages; Golang, Python, C++, Java

• Prior experience with Vector storage technologies is a huge plus (Milvus, Pinecone, OpenSearch, ElasticSearch, Weaviate, Pgvector).  

• Prior experience with operating a large scale critical infrastructure system with a focus on automation and workflow development is a plus, especially in a role where they were required to be on call.

• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with a service-oriented team and company.

Benefits:

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs

• 401k Match

• Family Planning Support

• Gender-Affirming Care

• Mental Health & Coaching Benefits

• Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days off

• Generous paid Parental Leave  

• Paid Volunteer time off

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Pay Transparency:

This job posting may span more than one career level.

In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/.

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.

The base pay range for this position is:

$217,000—$303,900 USD