Senior Software Engineer, AI Enablement at Reddit

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 Health benefits
Registered Retirement Savings plan with matching contributions
Income Replacement Programs
Family Planning Support
Gender-Affirming Care
Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days Off

In select roles and locations, the interviews will be recorded, and transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI). You will have the opportunity to opt out recording, transcription and summarization prior to any scheduled interviews.

During the interview, we will collect the following categories of personal information: Identifiers, Professional and Employment-Related Information, Sensory Information (audio/video recording), and any other categories of personal information you choose to share with us. We will use this information to evaluate your application for employment or an independent contractor role, as applicable. We will not sell your personal information or disclose it to any third party for their marketing purposes. We will delete any recording of your interview promptly after making a hiring decision. For more information about how we will handle your personal information, including our retention of it, please refer to our Candidate Privacy Policy for Potential Employees and Contractors.

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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