Engineering Manager, Product Catalogs

Reddit; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Reddit is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Product Catalogs team to lead the full‑stack effort behind our advertiser-facing experience. You will build UIs, APIs, and backend systems that manage advertiser products and feed the knowledge graph powering organic shopping.

You’ll mentor a diverse team, partner with product managers and designers, and align with stakeholders across North America. The role emphasizes scalable architecture, strong engineering leadership, and ownership of

Qualifications

• 7+ years in backend or full stack product development.
• 2+ years of experience managing engineering teams.
• Strong technical ability with leadership to guide solutions.
• Ability to work independently with North America stakeholders.
• Excellent communication for remote collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Create a world class catalogs system scalable to billions of products.
• Collaborate with product managers and designers on UX.
• Partner with Ad Formats and Ad Delivery teams for end-to-end product ads.
• Establish and manage SLAs within the team.
• Mentor and advocate for the team.
• Contribute to team strategy with inclusive planning.

Skills

Backend development

Full stack

Engineering management

Independent decision making

Communication

Job description

Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com.

This role is open to candidates based in the UK or the Netherlands.

Our ads team is developing Dynamic Product Ads, enabling us to match users to specific advertiser products. Our vision is for Reddit’s product ads to be highly relevant and contextual. A user browsing r/golf sees ads for popular golf clubs. A user reading a thread on r/buyitforlife about sunglasses sees ads for the exact models being discussed, just a few clicks away from a purchase. To achieve this vision, we need a highly scalable catalog infrastructure and intuitive user experience to onboard thousands of advertisers and ingest millions of products into our systems.

As the Engineering Manager for the Product Catalogs team at Reddit, you will lead the full stack team responsible for our entire advertiser-facing experience. You will build UIs, APIs, and backend systems that manage advertiser’s products. The team also works closely with the knowledge graph teams to power organic shopping. This role combines technical expertise, leadership abilities, and drive to understand and deliver on customer needs.

Responsibilities:

• Create a world class catalogs system that can scale to support billions of products
• Work closely with product managers and designers to craft compelling user experiences
• Collaborate with a wide range of teams from Ad Formats to Ad Delivery to ensure successful end-to-end delivery of product ads
• Establish and manage to SLAs within your team
• Be a strong mentor and cross-functional advocate for your team
• Contribute meaningfully to team strategy. We give everyone a seat at the table and encourage active participation in planning for the future. Don't just come along for the ride.

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in backend or full stack product development
• 2+ years of experience managing engineering teams
• You're highly technical, enough to solve almost any problem your team has yourself, but you prefer to guide your team into solving them.
• Ability to work independently. You'll be working with stakeholders that are mostly based in North America. You need to be able to make decisions and solve problems autonomously.
• Excellent communication skills. You must be able to collaborate effectively with teams in a fully-remote environment and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences.

Benefits:

• Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
• Family Planning Support
• Gender-Affirming Care
• Mental Health Coaching Benefit