Software Engineer New San Francisco, CA

Reddit, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 229,000 - 267,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401(k) with employer match

Global benefits

Family planning support

Mental health & coaching benefits

Job summary

Reddit is seeking a backend-focused engineer to design and operate scalable ads services. You will collaborate with product managers, platform and data teams to deliver new features and ensure operational stability across microservices powering ad data models.

The role emphasizes building extensible systems, running A/B experiments, and partnering with data science to measure ad performance for informed product decisions. Remote work options are available.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related quantitative field.
• Four years of experience in backend services or related occupation.

Responsibilities

• Design and build backend ads services and APIs for high-volume traffic.
• Collaborate with product, platform and data teams to deliver features.
• Develop and operate scalable microservices with OT/observability.
• Lead A/B experiments and feature rollouts with data science partners.

Skills

Backend design

Distributed systems

Go/Java/Python

AWS & Kubernetes

Data modeling

A/B testing

CI/CD

Service APIs

Observability

Education

Master’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

MySQL

DynamoDB

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 .

Job Duties: Collaborate with product managers to design and implement Ads products. Work 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 align with the product objectives. Support day-to-day project management tasks, including communicating project updates, managing project timelines, and overseeing project execution. Design, develop, and operate backend microservices and APIs that power ads, including resolution, validation, and transformation across the advertising data models. Build and maintain distributed, horizontally scalable backend systems that serve high-volume production traffic, including data storage, caching, and instrumentation for observability and reliability. Design and execute A/B experiments and feature rollouts to evaluate product changes, and partner with data science teams to measure ad performance and inform product decisions. Full-time telecommuting is an option.

Requirements: Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering (any field) or related quantitative discipline and four (4) years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.

Special Skills Requirement: Backend services design and development in Java, Go or Python; Distributed, horizontally scalable backend system design for high-traffic production workloads (e.g., real-time ad serving); Service-to-service API design using RPC or HTTP-based frameworks (e.g., gRPC, Thrift, GQL ); Deployment and operation of production services on Amazon Web Services (AWS), including container orchestration platforms (e.g., Amazon ECS or Kubernetes); Data modeling and schema design for relational and NoSQL datastores (e.g., MySQL, Amazon DynamoDB), including query optimization and indexing; A/B testing and feature-flagged experimentation in production environments; Production observability instrumentation, including metrics, logs, and request tracing (e.g., Amazon CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray), for incident diagnosis and resolution; Automated unit, integration, and functional testing integrated into continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines; Backend system development in digital advertising technology, including ad ingestion, ad serving, or ad-targeting workflows; and Technical design and end-to-end delivery leadership of multi-quarter projects, including authoring technical design documents and driving cross-functional execution with product, data, and platform partners.

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
• 401k with Employer Match
• Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
• Family Planning Support
• Mental Health & Coaching Benefits

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 https://www.redditinc.com/careers/ .

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The base pay range for this position is: $229,000.00 - $267,100.00 USD

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