Job brief: Staff Software Engineer , Observability

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• Listed on Reddit's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (1 day ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-05.
• The apply link opens job-boards.greenhouse.io, the address Reddit's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $217,000 to $303,900 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Remote · Remote - United States
• Posted: 2026-08-14 · over 60 days ago

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Lead / staff. The title says "Staff".

Must have

• 7+ years of experience developing internet-scale software, preferably in the context of infrastructure.
• 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.

Conditions

• Share on-call responsibilities.

Main duties

• Work collaboratively with a team of software engineers to create and maintain the foundational platform for running Reddit’s infrastructure.
• Deliver software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of observability components.
• Contribute feedback to the technical and strategic direction of eventing at Reddit.
• Contribute upstream changes to the open source projects we use

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for software engineer jobs across the U.S.: $188k a year (1,156 listings, 67 employers). This listing is 39% higher.
• Across Reddit's 144 open listings, 50% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Reddit hires

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