Reddit is hiring a
Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Reddit's Ads Foundations org as a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design, development, and maintenance of the backend infrastructure serving ads to Reddit users. As a technical leader, you will be responsible for ensuring the robustness, scalability, and performance of the backend system.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience as a software engineer
• Technical leader in the execution of large scale projects from 0 to 1
• Experience partnering with product managers and designers to build new user-facing products
• Experience in solving complex system scaling and latency performance problems
• Excellent communication skills. You must be able to collaborate effectively with teams in a remote environment, and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences
• Extensive software development experience in one or more general purpose languages: Python, Golang, Rust, Java, C++
• Experience with infrastructure observability

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of the backend infrastructure serving ads to Reddit users
• Architect and implement scalable solutions that can handle the growing number of users and advertising campaigns
• Collaborate with other teams and third-party services to seamlessly integrate the ad serving pipeline with relevance, targeting, bidding and asset serving systems
• Continuously monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement optimizations to improve customer experience
• Oversee data storage, retrieval, and indexing strategies to ensure fast and reliable access to creative materials, while maintaining data consistency
• Work closely with ML engineers, Data Scientists and infrastructure teams to ensure seamless communication and integration between the backend and other components of the creative management product and ads pipeline
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers on the team, fostering a culture of learning and innovation
• Proactively identify technical challenges and propose innovative solutions that align with the team's goals and contribute to the overall success of advertising campaigns

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