Senior Software Engineer, Ads

Remote

Quick summary

Work type: Remote
Location: Remote
Salary: $190,800–$267,100 / yr
Posted: today

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $229k

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About Reddit

Reddit is a social news aggregation and discussion platform where users share content, vote on posts, and engage in community conversations across thousands of interest-based forums called subreddits.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Ads

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Join our Ads Organization as a Senior Software Engineer and contribute to powering Reddit’s mission through innovative backend solutions. This role involves designing and implementing microservices, APIs, and distributed systems to ensure targeted ad delivery and user engagement. You will work on real-time data processing, interactive user experiences like Polls and Games, and infrastructure support using Go, Python, Scala, Spark, Thrift, Baseplate, Kafka, Postgres, BigQuery, Redis, Druid, Kubernetes, Argo, and Docker. With 5+ years of software development experience in languages such as Java, Scala, Go, C++, or Python, you will lead efforts to enhance operational stability and support project management tasks, making a significant impact on the Ads domain at scale.

Skills

Go Python Scala Spark Thrift Baseplate Kafka Postgres BigQuery Redis Druid Kubernetes Argo Docker CI/CD

What you'll do

Design and implement Ads products in collaboration with product managers.
Build microservices and APIs for advertiser-facing products like ads.reddit.com.
Develop distributed systems to ensure targeted ad delivery to users.
Construct real-time, data-intensive systems to measure ad campaign performance.
Lead processes to enhance operational stability and improve code quality.

What we're looking for

5+ years of software development experience in languages like Java, Scala, Go, C++, Python.
Experience working with microservices and APIs to power advertiser-facing products.
Proficiency in building distributed systems for real-time ad delivery and performance measurement.
Ability to design and implement features while collaborating closely with product managers and data teams.
Strong skills in improving operational stability through code quality enhancements and dashboard development.

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