Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Reddit, Inc. is a community of communities that facilitates open and authentic conversations on the internet. The Senior Backend Engineer, IAM will develop and maintain critical systems for user identity, authentication, and authorization, while mentoring team members and collaborating across various engineering teams.
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
Skills
- 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
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
- Equity in the form of restricted stock units
- Commission (depending on the position offered)
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) program with employer match
- Generous time off for vacation, and parental leave
Company Overview