Software Engineer

Summary

Join Reddit's Ads organization as a mid-level backend engineer and contribute to the development and improvement of Reddit's advertising products. You will work on microservices, APIs, distributed systems, and real-time data-intensive systems that power Reddit's ads. Collaborate with product managers and other teams to design, implement, and maintain these systems. The role requires strong coding skills, experience with various technologies, and a passion for building scalable and reliable systems. You will be expected to take ownership of features and projects, work independently, and collaborate effectively within a team. Reddit offers a flexible work environment and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• 3+ 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
• 401k Matching
• Workspace benefits for your home office
• Personal & Professional development funds
• Family Planning Support
• Flexible Vacation (please use them!) & Reddit Global Wellness Days
• 4+ months paid Parental Leave
• Paid Volunteer time off