Staff Software Engineer: Site Defense & Ingress
redditMillbrae (CA)
Staff Software Engineer: Site Defense & Ingress
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redditMillbrae (CA)
SENIORITY
Lead
About the role
Reddit, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Site Defense team within the Infrastructure organization. You will design and own critical, high-throughput, low-latency systems that safeguard Reddit at internet scale from DDoS attacks, bot activity, and automated abuse. You will mentor junior engineers, contribute to ML-at-Ingress efforts, and collaborate with Security, Safety, and Infrastructure teams to balance security with performance and user experience.
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