Director of Engineering, Reddit
Reddit X, Marketplace
$260.8-365.1k
+ Equity
Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions
Job no longer available
Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$260.8-365.1k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
Reddit's mission is to bring community and belonging to everyone.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience of managing teams of software and product engineers
- 4+ years of experience developing internet scale, near-real time distributed systems
- Experience building and scaling revenue generating products at internet scale
- Payments platform experience
- Professional experience and capability with scaled high-rate platform services, workflow orchestration systems and API design
- Track record of assembling high functioning organizations bolstered by strong organization processes
- Strong ability to identify correct divisional priorities and ensure projects are kept on-schedule and on-mission
- BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience
What the job involves
- As Director of Engineering for the Marketplace pillar, you will be responsible for building out the necessary product, technical and operational infrastructure to develop a user powered economy on Reddit
- You will do this by building the payments platform and providing our users and creators with the requisite tools and incentives to drive continued creation, improvements, and commerce
- You will drive the technical strategy for Reddit's new user economy and payments platforms
- You will be responsible for maintaining and evolving the existing infrastructure for Reddit’s premium subscription & Avatars revenue streams
- You will be accountable for evolving the current engineering team to deliver on this opportunity - identify key gaps, hire, manage, mentor, inspire, and retain engineering managers and software engineers. You will drive a culture of technical excellence ensuring the right bets are taken with the highest quality
- You will partner with a multitude of stakeholders for driving the product and technical roadmaps for the division. You will unlock the ability for other teams within Reddit to leverage our notifications platform with minimal effort thereby 10xing the team's impact
- Develop, drive and execute a long-term vision and strategy for the payments platform and user economy. Launch cutting edge systems and evolve them to always be performant, reliable, timely and relevant for users
- Lead, manage, and grow high-caliber engineering teams. Utilize all tools at your disposal to hire, coach, promote, and retain the correct team compositions to achieve our goals, including attracting new talent
- Work closely with XFN partners to drive, prioritize, and realize impactful outcomes. Coordinate across product and cross-functional engineering teams to understand and widely accelerate core initiatives
- Set and support a culture of metrics-driven quality, with efficient processes and strong transparency
- Clearly and effectively articulate a compelling vision to motivate a team. Provide mentorship and growth opportunities for team members and leaders by giving timely and actionable feedback
- Help Reddit reach its goal of bringing community, belonging and empowerment to everyone
Otta's take
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
Reddit is a website that facilitates thousands of message board communities, known as subreddits, with an aim to promote authentic human connection. There are more than 100,000 communities on Reddit, covering everything, from food, entertainment, sports, and books, to more niche topics that cater for very specific audiences.
The simple platform is used by more than 52 million people a day and attracts over 50 billion monthly views. While these are impressive numbers, they do pale in comparison with social media giants Facebook and Twitter, however, Reddit distinguishes itself by providing easy-to-find communities for a truly endless range of topics.
Reddit makes money through advertising as well as offering a premium ad-free membership plan. The company has enjoyed continuous user & revenue growth, acquisitions by Conde Nast in 2006 and Advance in 2011, and plans to launch an IPO bid in 2024.
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Aug 2021
$410m
SERIES F
Feb 2021
$250m
SERIES E
Total funding: $1.2bn
Company benefits
- Paid volunteer time off
- 4+ months paid parental leave
- Personal and professional development stipend
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company values
- Make something people love
- Evolve
- Work hard
- Default open
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Founders
Steve Huffman
(CEO)After co-founding Reddit in 2005, they stepped away from the company to co-found Hipmunk, where they were the CTO. They returned to Reddit in 2015, and have been the CEO since.
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