Senior Backend Engineer (IAM)

Join Reddit's Identity and Access Management team as a Senior Backend Engineer. In this role, you will design, build, and ship backend services that manage user identity, authentication, and authorization for millions of daily users. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor and coach other technical contributors, and drive high-impact projects that align with Reddit's goals. This position offers comprehensive health benefits, flexible vacation, family planning funds, paid volunteer time off, and workspace/home office benefits.

• Concevoir, construire et expédier des services backend qui alimentent les expériences des utilisateurs sur l'une des sites les plus visités au monde.
• Travailler avec la gestion de produit, la sécurité, l'ingénierie client et les équipes backend pour définir et mettre en œuvre la vision et la feuille de route de l'IAM de Reddit.
• Mentorer, coacher et collaborer avec d'autres contributeurs techniques pour améliorer la qualité de l'architecture autour de l'authentification, de l'autorisation et de l'identité.
• Proficiency in one or more general purpose programming languages (preferably Go)
• Experience identifying and driving high-impact projects that align with the company's strategy
• Technical understanding of core identity concepts, authentication protocols (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML), session management and/OR Authorization access models (ABAC, RBAC, ReBAC), centralized authorization engines
• High empathy and excellent communication skills to collaborate across the organization
• 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)
• Experience with (or curiosity to learn about) essential cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, CI/CD, AWS, GCP)