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Reddit hosts more than 100,000 active communities and earns most of its revenue from advertising, with a growing data licensing business on the side. The handful of security openings lean staff-level and engineering-heavy: two identity and access management engineers, a product security engineer, a GRC software engineer, a machine learning engineer for AI security and a threat analyst focused on ads fraud, drawn from infrastructure, the security, privacy and assurance group, and safety.
Typical pay, live
, CyberJobs.cc shows 6 security openings at Reddit, and their stated salaries usually fall between $229k and $313k a year (midpoint $245k).
Reddit security openings
Read 11 Nov 2026, 15:57 UTC- $190,800–$267,100/yr
- $230,000–$322,000/yr
Staff Threat Analyst, Ads Fraud (opens the job details)
Threat Intel & Research · Remote· 1mo agoDetails
$167,500–$234,500/yr- $190,800–$267,100/yr
- $217,000–$303,900/yr
- $217,000–$303,900/yr
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Working at Reddit
Founded in 2005 and based in San Francisco, Reddit has traded on the New York Stock Exchange as RDDT since its March 2024 listing. Its security postings state $229k–$313k/yr typically (median $245k/yr).
Hiring now, with salaries read from its own postings6 open roles at Reddit, confirmed on its careers system 11 Nov 2026.
Remote US roles with salary and Reddit (NYSE: RDDT) stock.
All six roles are remote within the United States.
Salaries at Reddit
From its open postings · 11 Nov 2026Midpoint $245k/yr, across 6 postings with a salary range. Stated salaries range from $168k/yr to $322k/yr.
Computed from 6 different pay ranges employers posted, by this employer, each counted as a year's pay (an hourly rate times 2,080 hours).
| Kind of work | Open roles | Typical pay | Highest rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRC | 2 | $191k–$322k/hr2 rates | $322k/yr |
| IAM | 2 | $191k–$304k/hr2 rates | $304k/yr |
| AppSec | 1 | $217k–$304k/hr1 rate | $304k/yr |
| Threat Intel & Research | 1 | $168k–$235k/hr1 rate | $235k/yr |
Reddit's best-paid open roles
Sort all 6 by salary- $230,000–$322,000/yr
- $217,000–$303,900/yr
- $217,000–$303,900/yr
- $190,800–$267,100/yr
- $190,800–$267,100/yr
Usual band means from the 25th percentile of the midpoints of posted ranges (each counted as yearly pay, a rate per hour at 2,080 hours) to the 90th percentile of their top ends; the board applies that one rule to every list. The methodology explains each salary label.
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What salary does Reddit offer security staff?
Reddit's security postings usually state $229k–$313k/yr, centred on $245k/yr, going by the 6 open roles with a salary range. The lowest stated salary is $168k/yr and the highest $322k/yr.
What sort of company is Reddit?
Founded in 2005 and based in San Francisco, Reddit has traded on the New York Stock Exchange as RDDT since its March 2024 listing.
What is it like to work in security at Reddit?
Its security postings state $229k–$313k/yr typically (median $245k/yr). As a software company, its in-house team protects its product, customers and staff.
What kind of employment are Reddit's security roles?
Remote US roles with salary and Reddit (NYSE: RDDT) stock.
Where are Reddit's security jobs based?
All six roles are remote within the United States.
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