Senior Software Engineer, Presence

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 126 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. 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: * Microservices and APIs that power our advertiser-facing product, ads.reddit.com * Distributed systems that ensure the right ad gets shown to the right user at the right time * Backends that power interactive user experiences on our ads like Polls and Games * Real time, data intensive systems that measure the performance of our ad campaigns * Infrastructure that supports all of the above Technologies used on the team include: * Languages: Go, Python, Scala * Frameworks: Spark, Thrift, Baseplate, Kafka * Datastores: Postgres, BigQuery, Redis, Druid  * Tools: Kubernetes, Argo, Docker 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. 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.   REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: * 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. BONUS POINTS: * Experience working in the Ads domain  * Experience or interest in the advertising business and understanding customer needs Benefits: * Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs * 401k with Employer Match * Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support * Family Planning Support * Gender-Affirming Care * Mental Health & Coaching Benefits * Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off * Generous Paid Parental Leave     Pay Transparency: This job posting may span more than one career level. In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/. To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base salary ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below. The base salary range for this position is: $164,200—$229,900 USD In select roles and locations, the interviews will be recorded, transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI). You will have the opportunity to opt out of recording, transcription and summarization prior to any scheduled interviews. During the interview, we will collect the following categories of personal information: Identifiers, Professional and Employment-Related Information, Sensory Information (audio/video recording), and any other categories of personal information you choose to share with us. We will use this information to evaluate your application for employment or an independent contractor role, as applicable.  We will not sell your personal information or disclose it to any third party for their marketing purposes.  We will delete any recording of your interview promptly after making a hiring decision.  For more information about how we will handle your personal information, including our retention of it, please refer to our Candidate Privacy Policy for Potential Employees and Contractors. Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve.  Reddit is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during the interview process, please let your recruiter know.

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 126 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com. Team & Role Overview: Reddit is looking for a visionary, impact-oriented leader to own our Ads platform end to end for our monetization engine. As the Sr. Director of Ads Product, you will lead the teams responsible for the Advertiser Platform, Campaign Management UI, API, and Business Suite. This team owns the primary business interface that allows advertisers & businesses to build, manage, and measure their presence on the platform.  You will build the next generation advertiser platform that empowers brands to scale their spend and achieve measurable ROI within Reddit’s unique community ecosystem. You will lead the end-to-end advertiser journey—from intuitive campaign creation and targeting workflows to high-performance reporting dashboards. You are not just building a tool; you are building an intelligent partner that helps advertisers of all sizes navigate the transition from onboarding to complex, multi-layered campaign orchestration. Key Responsibilities: Vision & Strategy: Define and evangelize a 3-year roadmap. Transition the platform by integrating automation, ML-driven recommendations, and leading the strategy to an agentic Ads platform. Customer Lifecycle Ownership: Own the full funnel, including business identity dashboards, verification, campaign management, and deep-funnel performance reporting. Team Leadership: Lead and scale a high-performing organization of Product Managers. Foster a culture of technical excellence, user empathy, and rapid iteration. Cross-Functional Orchestration:  Act as the strategic lead unifying multiple cross functional teams to ensure a cohesive user experience. Leveraging a design-centric mindset and strong cross-functional collaboration, align complex delivery mechanics with intuitive advertiser interfaces to drive global product strategy. Market Expansion: Drive product strategy for internationalization and agency-specific features to capture global market share.   Required Qualifications: * Seasoned Product Leader with at least 10 years of experience with scaled Ad Platforms/Systems  * Proven track record of managing and scaling PM teams of 10+ individuals. * Experience building & scaling consumer and/or Ads products. * Experience building and running high-performing, diverse, and inclusive teams. * Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to align executive-level stakeholders. * A “can-do / no-excuses” mindset for winning within resource constraints. * Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills Preferred Qualifications: * Ads Expertise: Specific experience with advertiser interfaces (Campaign Managers, Business Suites, or Creative Tooling). * Technical Background: CS degree or previous experience as a Software Engineer. * AI/ML Proficiency: Deep understanding of leveraging LLMs and ML-driven recommendations in customer-facing solutions. Perks and Benefits: * 100% remote opportunity (we have 4 office locations for hybrid/onsite work preference in NY, SF, LA and Chicago) * Competitive salary and equity options * Comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, vision) & workplace perks (home office set up stipend etc) * Generous 401k matching * Flexible vacation policy  * Paid parental leave (4+ months) * Family planning support * Paid volunteer time off #LI-AS1     Pay Transparency: This job posting may span more than one career level. In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/. To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base salary ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below. The base salary range for this position is: $299,200—$418,800 USD In select roles and locations, the interviews will be recorded, transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI). You will have the opportunity to opt out of recording, transcription and summarization prior to any scheduled interviews. During the interview, we will collect the following categories of personal information: Identifiers, Professional and Employment-Related Information, Sensory Information (audio/video recording), and any other categories of personal information you choose to share with us. We will use this information to evaluate your application for employment or an independent contractor role, as applicable.  We will not sell your personal information or disclose it to any third party for their marketing purposes.  We will delete any recording of your interview promptly after making a hiring decision.  For more information about how we will handle your personal information, including our retention of it, please refer to our Candidate Privacy Policy for Potential Employees and Contractors. Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve.  Reddit is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during the interview process, please let your recruiter know.