Software Engineer, Ad Signals

Reddit

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Remote

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$190,800–$267,100 / yr
Posted
3 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

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TL;DR · Software Engineer, Ad Signals

JOB TITLE: Software Engineer, Ad Signals Reddit is seeking a senior backend software engineer to join the team responsible for building app conversion signals that power the app advertising business. The successful candidate will own backend projects across MMP, SKAN, and App CAPI, managing everything from requirements and design to implementation and ongoing operation. Key responsibilities include building scalable ingestion and processing services with validation, deduplication, and failure recovery, as well as developing integration tooling and diagnostics. The role requires hands-on experience with app ads signals, mobile measurement, and distributed systems. You will use SQL and API design skills to analyze signal quality, investigate discrepancies, and evolve schemas. This work solves the technical problem of making app installs and in-app events more reliable and useful for advertisers.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?

Median $208800 from 364 postings across 51 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Own backend projects across MMP, SKAN, and App CAPI from design to rollout.
  • Build scalable ingestion and processing services with validation, deduplication, and failure recovery.
  • Develop integration tooling and diagnostics to help partners resolve signal delivery problems.
  • Analyze signal quality metrics and investigate data discrepancies with product and data science partners.
  • Evolve schemas and integrations with partner engineering without disrupting existing advertisers.
  • Incorporate privacy and security requirements into system designs and data lifecycle controls.
  • Improve engineering quality through testing, design reviews, and incident learning.

What we're looking for

  • Demonstrated senior-level backend software engineering experience delivering and operating scalable production systems.
  • Hands-on experience with app ads signals or mobile measurement, specifically MMP integrations, SKAN, or app conversion APIs.
  • Strong programming, API design, distributed systems, and SQL skills.
  • Ability to perform independent problem solving and data investigation.
  • Clear communication skills and a record of delivering results with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

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