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Backend Engineer, IAM

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Build scalable IAM systems for millions of users

Design and develop mission-critical IAM systems, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and improve architecture for Reddit's engineering organization and daily users.

Why This Role?

Work on high-leverage projects with flexible workforce

Key Responsibilities

  • Steer high-priority projects
  • Build performant IAM architecture
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in distributed backend systems
  • IAM backend experience in authorization or authentication
  • Proficiency in Go or other general-purpose programming languages

Required Skills

goawsgcpkubernetesci/cdiamcommunicationBackend DevelopmentCloud Infrastructure

Indonesia Context

Working Hours Overlap:
Minimal overlap — opposite hours
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Original description from WeWorkRemotely

Headquarters: Remote - United States 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 130 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com . This is a remote-friendly role. Reddit has a flexible first workforce. The Identity and Access Management team develops and maintains a set of mission critical, highly performant, and highly scalable systems that manage user identity, authentication, and authorization for all of our millions of daily users and backend services. Some of our present and future challenges include: Building systems around consumer IAM to meet the needs of Reddit’s engineering organization and millions of daily users. Design, build and ship backend services powering experiences for one of the most visited sites in the world. Work with product management, security, client engineering, and backend teams to define and implement Reddit’s IAM vision and roadmap. In your day-to-day, you will: Steer: Work with the team to select, scope, and execute on high leverage projects that align with Reddit’s goals. Build: Execute on a strategy and create a more performant, more scalable, higher quality architecture around IAM. XFN Collaboration: Work together with a variety of cross functional teams across Reddit Engineering. Evolve: Learn and improve your own technical and non-technical abilities. Who you might be: 3+ years of experience designing and developing distributed backend systems IAM backend experience in either authorization or authentication domain Proficiency in one or more general purpose programming languages (preferably Go). Capability with essential cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, CI/CD, AWS, GCP). High empathy and excellent communication skills to collaborate across the organization. Benefits: Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs 401k with Employer Match Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support Family Planning Support Gender-Affirming Care Mental Health & Coaching Benefits Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off Generous Paid Parental Leave 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 salary 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 salary range for this position is: $164,200 — $229,900 USD In select roles and locations, the interviews will be recorded, transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI). You will have the opportunity to opt out of 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 infor

Salary Context

Similar Engineering roles on LokerDollar pay around $170k/yr (range $1k–1000k/yr, n=837 active listings).

Hiring at Reddit

Reddit has 3 other active roles on LokerDollar and has been hiring here since May 21, 2026 — across Engineering, Legal & Compliance, Operations.

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Market context

  • VERIFIEDStated pay is 16% above the role median of $170,000/year (n=837 pay-disclosing listings).
  • VERIFIEDReddit: 5 postings in the last 3 months, 9 all-time on LokerDollar.
  • VERIFIEDCompany first seen May 21, 2026.
  • VERIFIEDThis listing first seen Sep 28, 2026.
  • VERIFIEDLast verified live Sep 28, 2026.

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Company
Reddit
Salary
$164.2k–229.9k/yr
Job Type
full time
Location
United States · Remote
Category
Seniority
mid
PostedNew & verified
Sep 14, 2026

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What is the salary for Backend Engineer, IAM at Reddit?
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