Frontend Engineer, Ads

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Reddit is seeking a frontend engineer for the Brand Ad Formats team to build ad experiences and robust web patterns that drive performance and scale. You will collaborate with product, design, and engineering to craft sophisticated solutions for advertising experiences.

Ideal candidates excel with Typescript and Javascript, have a track record in testing and code quality, and embrace GenAI tools to boost productivity while communicating effectively in a fully remote environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Web Engineering.
• Proficient in Typescript and Javascript.
• Willingness to tackle data-intensive, highly responsive apps.
• Experience with automated testing, code quality/design patterns, observability, etc.
• Skilled at performing insightful code reviews and receiving feedback.
• Experience leveraging GenAI tools to increase software engineering productivity.
• Excellent communication skills for remote collaboration with technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Build Ad experiences and create patterns for Reddit's web app that enhance performance and functionality.
• Collaborate across product, design, and engineering teams to innovate and implement solutions for complex challenges.
• Engage in the full development cycle: design, develop, QA, experiment, analyze, and deploy.

Skills

Typescript

Javascript

Testing practices

Code reviews

GenAI tools

Communication

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Codex

Cursor

gRPC

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.

Team Description

The Brand Ad Formats team drives the development of ad formats that help advertisers maximize reach and brand impact. They focus on high-visibility, awareness-driven solutions that create memorable experiences for Reddit users. By delivering guaranteed placements and engaging ad interactions, they support major brand initiatives and help advertisers achieve measurable outcomes. The team is building fully customizable interactive formats and AI-driven ads that incorporate User-Generated Content (UGC). Moving forward, we will be doubling down on Video Ads, with the goal of turning Reddit into an industry leader and a 'must buy' for advertisers to promote video content.

Role Description

The Brand Ad Formats team is seeking a skilled Frontend engineer with a product-focused mindset to join the team.

Responsibilities:

• Build Ad experiences and create patterns for Reddit's web app that enhance our ads' performance and functionality.
• Collaborate across product, design, and engineering teams to innovate and implement sophisticated solutions for complex challenges.
• Engage in the full development cycle: design, develop, QA, experiment, analyze, and deploy.

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in Web Engineering
• Proficient in Typescript and Javascript
• A willingness to tackle the challenges of creating data-intensive, highly responsive, and fault-tolerant apps
• Experience with automated testing best practices, code quality / design patterns, observability, etc.
• Skilled at performing insightful code reviews, and receiving feedback themself
• Experience leveraging GenAI tools to increase software engineering productivity
• Excellent communication skills: able to collaborate with teams in a fully remote environment, and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working on ad tech
• Experience working on consumer facing sites (high production value at scale)

Technologies used on the team include:

• Languages: Typescript, HTML, CSS, Go
• Frameworks: React, Thrift, gRPC
• Tools: Kubernetes, Docker, Codex, Cursor