Software Engineer, Ads

Reddit
Canada
Full timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 3+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Teamwork","Problem-solving","Adaptability"]

Mid-level backend software engineer on Reddit’s Ads Organization, focusing on building and maintaining microservices, APIs, and data-intensive systems for advertiser products. Work with platform, data, and product teams using Go/Python/Scala, Spark, Kafka, and Kubernetes to deliver scalable ads infrastructure and tooling, with emphasis on reliability, observability, and end-to-end ownership.

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Reddit
Reddit
1 year ago

Software Engineer, Ads

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Job Summary

Mid-level backend software engineer on Reddit’s Ads Organization, focusing on building and maintaining microservices, APIs, and data-intensive systems for advertiser products. Work with platform, data, and product teams using Go/Python/Scala, Spark, Kafka, and Kubernetes to deliver scalable ads infrastructure and tooling, with emphasis on reliability, observability, and end-to-end ownership.
Location: Canada
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key 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.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health Insurance401kLearning BudgetRemote Work

Key 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.
  • •Experience with backend engineering, microservices and APIs.
  • •Experience or interest in the advertising domain (bonus).
  • •Strong coachability and eagerness to learn.
Experience:3+ yearsAdvertisingDigital advertisingSaaS
Skills:CommunicationTeamworkProblem-solvingAdaptability
Languages:English
Tech Stack:GoPythonScalaSparkThriftBaseplateKafkaPostgresBigQueryRedisDruidKubernetesArgoDocker

Company Brief

Reddit
Operates Reddit, a large online community and discussion platform where users submit content, comment, and vote across topic-based communities (subreddits); monetizes via advertising, premium subscriptions, and awards.
Industry: Digital Media
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2005
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