Senior Software Engineer, AI Enablement at Reddit

Offer summary

Qualifications:

4+ years of experience in Javascript and web toolchain., Experience using novel AI IDEs and associated toolchains., Familiarity with deploying OpenAI, Gemini, or similar model providers., Interest in game development and creative spaces..

Key responsibilities:

Spearhead the integration of AI capabilities into the Developer Platform.

Build and maintain integrations with AI IDE tools like Cursor and Firebase Studio.

Fine-tune and adapt AI models to solve unique problems for creators.

Engage with the developer community to gather feedback and drive adoption.

Job description

Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 101M+ daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit redditinc.com.

Reddit’s Developer Platform is on a mission to become the creativity launchpad for the internet.

We’re building a home for games and interactive experiences on Reddit. We give creators a cross platform SDK, a compute environment, and all of their AI friendly tooling to build quickly.

This is a cutting-edge space, and we want someone that can help Reddit lead in AI tooling.

What You’ll Do:

Spearhead the integration of cutting-edge AI capabilities into our Developer Platform.
Build and maintain integrations leading AI IDE tools, including Cursor, Bolt.new, and Firebase Studio.
Work with leading foundation models like OpenAI & Gemini.
Fine-tune and adapt AI models, integrating them with Reddit systems to solve unique problems for our creators.
Develop our toolchain for agentic development, leveraging protocols like MCP to enable AI agents to interact with Reddit tools and services.
Engage directly with the community of developers and creators leveraging AI for rapid prototyping and development ('vibe-coding') to gather feedback and drive adoption.

Who You Might Be:

4+ years of experience in the Javascript & web toolchain.
Experience using novel AI IDEs and associated toolchains.
Experience working with and deploying OpenAI, Gemini or similar model providers.
Interest in game development and creative spaces.

This role is 100% remote friendly. Qualified candidates must be located in Canada or the US. Optional office space is available in NYC, SF, LA, Chicago and Toronto.

Benefits:

Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
401k Match
Family Planning Support
Gender-Affirming Care
Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days off
Generous paid Parental Leave
Paid Volunteer time off

Pay Transparency:

This job posting may span more than one career level.

In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/.

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.

The base pay range for this position is:

$190,800—$267,100 USD

Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve. Reddit is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during the interview process, please let your recruiter know.

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