[Remote] Senior Staff Software Engineer, Search Platform

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Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Reddit, Inc. is a community-driven platform that fosters open conversations among its users. The Senior Staff Software Engineer on the Search Platform Team will lead the design and development of a next-generation search engine, focusing on integrating advanced retrieval technologies and ensuring a reliable and scalable search infrastructure.


Responsibilities

  • Lead the technical strategy, architecture, and implementation of Reddit’s next-generation search engine, integrating lexical, vector retrieval and Gen AI search applications.
  • Partner closely with product engineers across Search, Feeds, Ads, Growth, and Safety to deliver high-quality, low-latency search and retrieval experiences.
  • Define best practices for observability, reliability, and operational excellence in large-scale distributed systems.
  • Mentor and guide engineers in designing scalable search infrastructure and adopting robust DevOps and SRE principles.
  • Collaborate with infrastructure, and ML teams to ensure the search platform evolves to meet the needs of Reddit’s growing user base and diverse content ecosystem.

Skills

  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering, specializing in cloud-native search and retrieval systems.
  • 3+ years in technical leadership, architecting and scaling distributed systems in production environments.
  • Deep expertise in lexical and vector retrieval technologies, such as Milvus, Vespa, and Elasticsearch, with strong knowledge of Lucene and Tantivy internals.
  • Skilled in designing cloud-native architectures and managing containerized workloads using Kubernetes and AWS/GCP.
  • Proven track record in building real-time data pipelines, indexing frameworks, and hybrid (lexical + vector) search architectures.
  • Adept at translating complex technical challenges into clear, actionable strategies.
  • Strong communicator and mentor who leads through collaboration, influence, and technical excellence.

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
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) program with employer match
  • Generous time off for vacation
  • Parental leave

Company Overview

  • Reddit is the heart of the internet, where millions of people get together to talk about any topic imaginable. It was founded in 2005, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.redditinc.com.

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