Principal Engineer, Core Platform Chicago, IL

Company: Tbwa Chiat/Day Inc
Location: Chicago
Posted on: October 2, 2024

Job Description:

The Core Platform team facilitates millions of API requests responsible for powering the Consumer, ML, Ads, Safety surfaces for Reddit.
What you'll do

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• Own the design & evolution of our Core Systems and build for the next 4 years of continued scale and growth of Reddit
  
• Identify gaps in our current designs and lead redesigns of our Core Platform to improve Developer Velocity and Reddit growth
  
• Define best practices and establish them as defaults for developers across the company.
  
• Be the go-to person for developers on complex problems in backend service development within the data space.
  
• Lead technically minded peers on your journey.
  
  What we expect from you
  
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  • Deep understanding of how to build a sustainable software systems at a large scale engineering organization
    
  • 10+ years of Software Development experience with at least 5+ years in a cloud environment (AWS/GCP). Expert in at least two programming languages.
    
  • Experience in influencing larger (500+ engineers) organizations on technical direction/best practices
    
  • Passion for developing scalable, well-designed software that improves developer's lives while also seamlessly supporting scale and reliability
    
  • Experience working with cross-functional teams such as design, product, business & data teams to deliver great experiences.
    
  • Strong focus on user experience, usability, scalability, reliability and quality. You are an undying advocate for the user, and you have a deep intuition for how people & machines interact with software at scale.
    
  • High empathy, excellent communication skills, and the ability to find compromise working across the entire engineering org.
    
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