Engineering Manager (Media Foundations and Delivery)

Join Reddit as an Engineering Manager for the Media Foundations & Delivery team. In this role, you will lead a cross-functional group of engineers to evolve our media stack and drive infrastructure modernization. You will optimize playback and delivery, manage global distribution, standardize formats, and champion a culture of innovation. You will also establish a clear technical vision for our media systems and work closely with Product, Data, and ML teams.

• Lead the architectural shift to elevate media to a first-class citizen, driving infrastructure modernization and optimizing playback and delivery.
• Manage global distribution by partnering closely with infrastructure teams to define how to scale media via Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), edge computing, and caching strategies.
• Establish a clear technical vision and direction for media systems, championing a culture of innovation and experimentation while navigating ambiguity with confidence.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related quantitative field
• Proven ability to balance immediate performance fixes (e.g., MP4 playback optimizations) with long-term architectural overhauls (e.g., media delivery at the edge, caching strategies)
• Experience managing media creation experience, such as video or image editing tools, composers, or UIs for creators
• Exceptional leadership, team management, communication, and collaboration skills
• Experience defining and governing clear Service Level Objectives and Indicators (SLOS, SLIs) to drive media investment decisions
• Proven ability to brainstorm and implement experimental ideas to drive growth
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Java, Go, Python)
• A strong background in video streaming technologies, CDN routing, and media ingestion. You should understand the intricacies of multi-part uploads, encoding schedulers, and adaptive bitrate streaming
• 8+ years of industry experience, including 3+ years of engineering management experience, specifically leading complex, high-volume consumer systems. Experience managing cross-platform teams (Backend and Mobile/Client) is highly preferred