Social News & Discussion Platform — The Front Page of the Internet
The consensus on Reddit: Choose Reddit if you want public-company equity, massive-scale engineering challenges, and direct impact on a platform used by hundreds of millions — but brace for organizational turbulence.
Founded in 2005 by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, Reddit is the social news aggregation and discussion platform known as "the front page of the internet." Reddit went public on NYSE (RDDT) in March 2024. The engineering culture centers on massive-scale infrastructure challenges — serving hundreds of millions of daily active users across communities spanning every topic imaginable. Engineers ship features with direct, measurable impact on one of the world's largest platforms, though the organization has navigated significant restructuring and strategic shifts in recent years.
One of the world's largest discussion platforms — massive scale infrastructure serving hundreds of millions of daily active users across hundreds of thousands of communities.
ML for recommendations, content moderation, search, and personalization at massive scale. Building AI-powered features to enhance community discovery and content relevance. Reddit Careers →
Engineers have broad responsibilities with flat-ish structure and few middle management layers. Cross-functional teams own features end-to-end with direct product impact.
Explore open roles at Reddit below.