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Senior Software Engineer, Ads

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Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com.

Reddit has a flexible workforce!  If you happen to live close to one of our physical office locations our doors are open for you to come into the office as often as you'd like. Don't live near one of our offices? No worries: You can apply to work remotely in any country in which we have a physical presence.

Team Description

Reddit is poised to rapidly innovate and grow like no other time in its history. We’re currently hiring across three distinct teams:

Ad Safety & Verification Team

The mission of the Ads Safety & Verification team is to protect the Reddit ads ecosystem so that users have a safe ads experience and legitimate advertisers trust Reddit. This team builds full stack, high scale products that span Reddit’s consumer-facing apps and ads systems. They own integrations with metrics verification and brand safety partners and operate services that scale to reliably handle tens of millions of requests per day.

Ads Creative Management (ACM) Team

The Ads Creative Management team focuses on the tools and systems advertisers use to create and manage their ad content. From images and videos to headlines and full post creatives, they enable efficient creative management and innovation across the campaign lifecycle. They work closely with AI teams to provide intelligent content suggestions and automation, helping advertisers launch high-quality campaigns faster and more effectively.

Brand Innovation Team

The Brand Innovation team drives the development of new ad formats that help advertisers maximize reach and brand impact. They focus on high-visibility, awareness-driven solutions that create memorable experiences for Reddit users. By delivering guaranteed placements and engaging ad interactions, they support major brand initiatives and help advertisers achieve measurable outcomes. Their work includes evolving existing formats and launching entirely new ones to keep Reddit’s ad offerings fresh and competitive.

Role Description:

This is a generalist mid-level backend position within the Ads Organization. Ads is the fuel that powers Reddit’s mission. As a backend engineer on the team, candidates might work on:

Technologies used on the team include:

Mid-level engineers are expected to absorb best practices and learn exceptionally quickly while being effective core contributors. Engineers at this level must be able to code independently, but may work with senior engineers on the design of complex solutions. The most important skills an engineer at this level must possess are 1) coachability and an eagerness to grow, 2) deep passion for coding, and 3) excellent independent learning skills, all while operating as a fully functioning member of an engineering team.

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