Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join Reddit's Ads team as a Senior Backend Engineer and contribute to the development and growth of Reddit's advertising platform. You will work on microservices, APIs, distributed systems, and real-time data systems that power Reddit's ads. Collaborate with product managers and other teams to design and implement new ad products and features. Lead efforts to improve operational stability and build extensible components. This role requires 5+ years of software development experience and the ability to take ownership of projects. Reddit offers a flexible work environment, competitive compensation, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages (Java, Scala, Go, C++, Python)
• Able to take complete ownership of a feature or project

Responsibilities

• Work with product managers to design and implement Ads products
• Collaborate closely with the platform and data teams while building new features
• Lead the processes needed to improve operational stability, including improving code quality, delivering dashboards and data visualizations
• Build extensible components that would align with the product objectives
• Support day to day project management tasks including communicating project updates, managing project timelines and overseeing project execution

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in the Ads domain
• Experience or interest in the advertising business and understanding customer needs

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