Remote Senior Software Engineer, Ads

Description:

• Reddit is a community-driven platform with over 100,000 active communities and approximately 101 million daily active unique visitors.
• The company offers a flexible workforce, allowing employees to work remotely or in-office based on their location.
• The Senior Software Engineer position is within the Ads Organization, which is crucial for Reddit's mission.
• The role involves working on microservices and APIs for the advertiser-facing product, distributed systems for ad delivery, interactive user experiences, real-time data systems for ad performance measurement, and supporting infrastructure.
• Technologies used include Go, Python, Scala, Spark, Thrift, Baseplate, Kafka, Postgres, BigQuery, Redis, Druid, Kubernetes, Argo, and Docker.
• Responsibilities include collaborating with product managers, improving operational stability, building extensible components, and managing project timelines and execution.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 5+ years of software development experience in one or more general-purpose programming languages such as Java, Scala, Go, C++, or Python.
• Applicants should be able to take complete ownership of a feature or project.
• Experience in the Ads domain and an understanding of customer needs in the advertising business are considered a bonus.

Benefits:

• Reddit offers comprehensive healthcare benefits and income replacement programs.
• Employees receive a 401k match and family planning support.
• The company provides gender-affirming care, mental health and coaching benefits, and flexible vacation days, including Reddit Global Days Off.
• Generous paid parental leave and paid volunteer time off are also included in the benefits package.