Software Engineer, Ads Foundations

Job Description

Reddit is seeking a mid-level backend Software Engineer to join its Ads Foundations team. This role is within the Ads Organization, which is crucial to Reddit's mission. The engineer will work on microservices, distributed systems, and real-time data-intensive systems that power Reddit's advertising platform. The position is remote and based in Ontario, Canada. Reddit has a flexible workforce and encourages employees to work from the office if they live close to one.

The Ads Foundations team builds and maintains the core data infrastructure that powers Reddit’s advertising ecosystem. They are responsible for the performant, reliable, and scalable systems that support the collection, storage, and analysis of all Ads-related data.

Responsibilities:

• 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.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages (Java, Scala, Go, C++, Python).
• Able to take complete ownership of a feature or project.

Reddit offers:

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits
• 401k Matching
• Workspace benefits for your home office
• Personal & Professional development funds
• Family Planning Support
• Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Wellness Days
• 4+ months paid Parental Leave
• Paid Volunteer time off