Engineering Manager

Summary

Join Reddit's Pro and Profile team as a high-impact engineering leader! You'll build and manage a team, collaborate cross-functionally on product strategy, and contribute to the full development lifecycle. This role requires significant software engineering experience and team management skills. The position offers a remote or hybrid work option within the US or Canada. Reddit provides comprehensive benefits, including healthcare, 401k matching, generous parental leave, and more. This is a chance to be on the ground floor of a new product space and make a significant contribution to Reddit's growth.

Requirements

• 3+ years building and managing high performing engineering teams
• 6+ years of experience as a software engineer developing user-facing applications
• Fluency working with product metrics and exposure to tools like GA, BigQuery etc
• Software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages; e.g. Python, Go, Swift, Kotlin, Rust, Java, C++
• Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule
• BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience
• Strong focus on user experience and usability. You are an undying advocate for the user, and you have a deep intuition for how people think and how they interact with software
• Entrepreneurial spirit. You must be self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action. You live to build new things and thrive in ambiguity
• Excellent communication skills. You must be able to collaborate with teams in a fully remote environment, and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences
• Demonstrated ability to lead with empathy and foster a supportive team environment

Responsibilities

• Build and operate a high-caliber, inclusive team of engineers
• Work cross-functionally, collaborate and partner with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute on product and business strategy and build novel products and features that our users will love
• Lead a team of thoughtful, fast-moving, and motivated engineers. Contribute to standards that improve developer workflows, recommend best practices, and help mentor engineers on the team to grow their technical expertise
• Participate in the full development cycle: design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch. You’ll be reviewing code and design docs, giving feedback on product specs and mocks, and generally helping out wherever is needed
• Drive a culture of technical excellence ensuring the right bets are taken with the highest quality
• You will be a key driver in the planning, development, and implementation across Reddit’s backend service architecture and our various client platforms, including native applications (iOS and Android) and Web
• Set and enable a culture of metrics led execution, with efficient processes and strong levels of transparency

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with social or e-commerce is a huge plus

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
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) program with employer match
• Generous time off for vacation
• Parental leave