Ads Engineering Manager, SMB Activation (Advertiser Growth)

Reddit; Myrtle Point (OR); Remote; USD 217,000 - 304,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social media platform is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team focused on Advertiser Growth. This role includes developing technical foundations for product pillars and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance business outcomes. Ideal candidates should have 5+ years of software engineering experience and prior leadership in Ads-related products. Competitive remote and hybrid options available with strong benefits.

Benefits

Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits

401k Matching

Flexible Vacation

Paid Volunteer time off

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering.
• At least 2 years of experience working on Ads products and/or growth engineering.
• Knowledge of full stack product development practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and grow a team of engineers.
• Collaborate with designers and product managers.
• Ensure the long term success of both the product and the growth of our people.

Skills

Engineering leadership experience

Software engineering

Team collaboration

Ads product experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Job description

Overview

Reddit is seeking an Engineering Manager as a technical leader for our Small to Medium Business (SMB) focused Advertiser Growth efforts. In this role, you will be responsible for developing the technical foundation for mission critical product pillars, collaborating across the company to deliver outcomes for the Reddit Ads Business, and leading the team responsible for acquiring new advertisers on Reddit.

This role provides an opportunity to partner closely with cross-functional teams such as product, design, marketing, data science, UX and Sales, and, ultimately, to make a large number of small to medium businesses successful on Reddit.

As a leader for all of these efforts, you will set the engineering strategy for building iteratively, shipping quickly, testing rigorously, and adding step-change capabilities towards our ambitious goals of multiplying many times over our number of monthly active advertisers. This is an exciting moment in Reddit’s journey where we have the knowledge, resources and infrastructure to bring Reddit’s unique products to more people and help more small businesses be successful on our platform. This is an impactful opportunity to lead a team through an existing period of worldwide user and advertiser growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and grow a team of engineers across the stack, including mobile, frontend, and backend
• Collaborate with designers and product managers to discover and build new Ad functionality and products. Be a thought leader in this process.
• Maintain and enhance the team culture of fast iteration, experimentation, and collaboration.
• Ensure the long term success of both the product and the growth of our people
• Participate in and be the ultimate owner of the full development cycle: product ideation, design, development, QA, experimentation, analysis, and launch. You’ll be brainstorming, giving feedback on design docs, product specs and mocks, and generally helping out wherever is needed.
• Collaborate with multiple teams across the entire company to make SMBs successful on reddit

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor\'s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Engineering, Applied Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field
• Engineering leadership experience working across multiple teams
• At least 2 years of experience working on Ads products and/or growth engineering
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering
• Experience coordinating large-scale, cross-functional efforts that span different teams, and driving alignment
• Experience working with multiple teams in product & design
• Knowledge of full stack product development practices (Frontend, Mobile, Backend)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working on SMB related products/projects

Benefits

• 100% remote (offices based in NY, SF & Chicago if you prefer hybrid/in office)
• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits
• 401k Matching
• Workspace benefits for your home office
• Personal & Professional development funds
• Family Planning Support
• Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Wellness Days
• 4+ months of paid Parental Leave
• Paid Volunteer time off

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Pay Transparency

This job posting may span more than one career level.

In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit redditinc.com/careers/.

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.

The base pay range for this position is: $217,000 — $303,900 USD

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