Staff Systems Engineer - AI Integrations and Automation

Reddit Corporate Engineering is seeking a Systems Engineer to wrangle all the things AI for corporate engineering with a focus on integrations,  governance and security. This role involves ensuring seamless connectivity between platforms and Generative AI tools, keeping a keen eye on both the points of integration and the data moving back and forth. You'll play a key role in shaping our Generative AI tool governance, establishing a platform-first approach to Agent and Tool creation with Generative AI, and driving forward what corporate AI can do for teams across the company

This position will design and implement process and policy around the role of Generative AI within our software stack, with a careful eye to balancing risk while still driving enablement of the business. You will be responsible for ensuring seamless and secure connectivity between our existing platforms and new Generative AI tools, with a special focus on software lifecycle management and implementing access policies through our secure service edge platform.

What We Can Expect From You:

• You have a proven track record of integrating with the known SaaS vendors. For example, you know your way around Okta, Cloudflare, and Google Workspace.
• You're always looking for ways to improve efficiency and can scale services using automation tools that utilize the latest AI models and trends.
• You have top-notch analytical and problem-solving skills.
• You love sharing your knowledge and mentoring others in your area of expertise.
• You're a fantastic team player who's dedicated, a quick learner, and thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
• You can spearhead the design of a robust and scalable data infrastructure to support Gen AI solutions, ensuring seamless integration between data sources, pipelines, and storage.
• You can offer hands-on data engineering support to teams testing Gen AI solutions; troubleshoot data issues, optimize data workflows, and refine data architectures as needed.
• You can implement automation tools and frameworks to streamline data flow through the pipelines, guaranteeing data availability and reliability.
• You stay current on Generative AI trends and can evaluate and integrate cutting-edge tools, frameworks, and practices to enhance our capabilities continually.
• You're a natural leader who can mentor junior engineers and collaborating teams, fostering a culture of excellence, teamwork, and continuous learning.

Role Responsibilities​:

• Design, implement, and maintain third-party software integrations within the core internal tech stack (including SSO, provisioning, and other API-based data integrations), specifically around touch points for data integrations and Generative AI tools.
• Create and implement governance policies for introducing and integrating Generative AI tools with the internal tech stack.
• Assess and provide technical guidance and support to teams looking to procure new software or leverage existing tools at Reddit.
• Collaborate closely with Security Engineering, Legal, Privacy, and Support teams when evaluating software and during technical design phases.
• Find and implement internal process and automation enhancements.
• Serve as an escalation point for the global Corporate Engineering support operations team.
• Help grow and mentor the global Corporate Engineering team.
• Independently own and drive multiple projects and deliverables for the team.
• Take part in evaluating, recruiting, hiring, and developing team members.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years in an IT Engineering, Security, Data Engineering, or IT Systems Administration role within a corporate setting.
• Experience building and deploying your own Generative AI and LLM-backed tools
• Proven ability to design and implement microservices, manage APIs, and build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), all while adhering to industry-standard testing methods.
• Ability to plan, drive, and support multiple simultaneous projects and initiatives.
• Solid understanding of identity and access management (IAM) concepts and protocols (e.g., SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect).
• Hands-on experience with Okta or similar identity providers, including user provisioning, authentication, and authorization.
• Experience with automation tools and scripting languages for automating user lifecycle management and other integration tasks.
• Experience collaborating with Information Security teams to ensure secure integration practices.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with a knack for mentoring and guiding junior engineers.
• Experience communicating with third-party vendors to manage expectations and relationships.
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences and a collaborative mindset, effectively driving technical and strategic goals across different teams.
• Ability to participate in an on-call rotation that includes after-hours and weekend support.

Bonus Points:

• Experience with security information and event management (SIEM) and Security Orchestration Automation and Response tooling
• Familiarity with data privacy regulations and responsible AI practices.
• Expertise in prompt design and engineering, including a deep understanding of various prompting techniques
• Experience with Sailpoint Identity Now platform
• Experience with cloud infrastructure providers (e.g. AWS, GCP).

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

**Please note: This role is 100% remote and is only open to candidates currently located in and authorized to work in the United States.