Senior Software Engineer, Ads

Reddit; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health benefits

Flexible vacation & Reddit global days off

Family planning funds & 4+ months paid parental leave

Personal & professional development funds

Paid volunteer time off

Workspace & home office benefits

Job summary

Reddit is seeking a Generalist Senior Backend Engineer to join the Ads Organization. In this role, you will work on various backend systems that support ad operations, including microservices and real-time systems for ad performance measurement. With a focus on collaboration and project management, you'll contribute to the Ads products that power Reddit’s mission.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of software development experience and a strong interest in the advertising business. Benefits include comprehensive health coverage, flexible vacation, and personal development funds.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development experience in one or more general-purpose programming languages.
• Experience working in the Ads domain.
• Able to take complete ownership of a feature or project.

Responsibilities

• Work on microservices and APIs for ads.reddit.com.
• Lead processes to improve operational stability.
• Support day-to-day project management tasks.

Skills

Software development

Microservices

APIs

Distributed systems

Java

Python

Job description

• This is a Generalist Senior Backend Engineer position within the Ads Organization. Ads is the fuel that powers Reddit’s mission. As a backend engineer on the team, candidates might work on:
• Microservices and APIs that power our advertiser-facing product, ads.reddit.com
• Distributed systems that ensure the right ad gets shown to the right user at the right time
• Backends that power interactive user experiences on our ads like Polls and Games
• Real time, data intensive systems that measure the performance of our ad campaigns
• Infrastructure that supports all of the
• 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

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits
• Flexible vacation & Reddit global days off
• Family planning funds & 4+ months paid parental leave
• Personal & professional development funds
• Paid volunteer time off
• Workspace & home office benefits

Qualifications

Able to take complete ownership of a feature or project5+ years of software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages (Java, Scala, Go, C++, Python)Experience working in the Ads domainExperience or interest in the advertising business and understanding customer needs