Senior Engineering Manager, Reddit
Notifications
$232.5-325.5k
Plus equity in the form of restricted stock units
Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions
Job no longer available
Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$232.5-325.5k
Plus equity in the form of restricted stock units
1001+ employees
Company mission
Reddit's mission is to bring community and belonging to everyone.
Role
Who you are
- The successful candidate will be deeply passionate about solving user-centric and business-critical problems, taking full ownership of outcomes, and driving fast, impactful progress even in ambiguous situations
- They’ll thrive on brainstorming, experimentation, and iteration, partnering closely with engineering, product, user acquisition, and leadership stakeholders to deliver solutions that truly move the needle
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related quantitative field
- Proven Engineering Management Experience: 4+ years managing high-performing teams (including ML, Mobile, Frontend and Backend specialists); 9+ years of overall engineering experience
- Technical Proficiency: Hands-on background with distributed systems, large-scale backend services, and/or machine-learning pipelines. Proficiency in at least one programming language (Java, Go, Python)
- Strong Cross-Functional Communication and Collaboration: Comfortable working with product, design, data science, and business stakeholders—turning strategic objectives into technical roadmaps
- Track Record of Delivery: Experience delivering user-facing product features at scale, with an emphasis on reliability, quality, and iterative improvements
- Leadership & Mentorship: Demonstrated success in hiring, coaching, and retaining diverse engineering talent; ability to foster a collaborative, inclusive environment
- User-Centric Mindset: Passion for improving user engagement, understanding pain points, and implementing data-driven solutions
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead our Notifications pillar: driving the strategy, architecture, and execution of features that connect millions of users to the communities and content they care about
- As a critical part of the Growth org, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Data Science, Design, Infrastructure) to refine and scale our notifications platform, ensuring it remains reliable, relevant, and engaging for users
- Provide Technical & Strategic Leadership: Establish a clear technical vision and direction and oversee end-to-end development of user-facing notifications and engagement features and platforms, ensuring high availability, performance, and maintainability
- Scale the Notifications Platform: Define best practices for system architecture, tooling, and processes that enable self-serve notification capabilities for other teams across Reddit
- Expand Relevance Architecture: Guide team on holistic, adaptive systems covering budgeting optimization, candidate retrieval, and ranking. Work closely with embedded ML engineers to design, implement, and optimize machine-learning models that drive personalization and user re-engagement
- Unlock Channel Experiences: Advance Reddit to best-in-class engagement surfaces and capabilities, enhancing user interactions across push, email, and in-app channels to drive engagement and retentive feedback loops
- Manage & Mentor a Diverse Team: Lead a group of engineers (including ML, backend, frontend), focusing on career growth, coaching, and technical excellence
- Drive Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product Managers, Designers, and other engineering leads to define a multi-quarter roadmap, align priorities, and deliver features on time
- Drive a culture of technical excellence, ensuring the right bets are taken with the highest quality
- Measure Impact & Iterate: Set clear objectives, regularly review metrics, and use data to guide product and platform improvements
Our take
Reddit is a website that facilitates thousands of message board communities, known as subreddits, with an aim to promote authentic human connection. There are more than 100,000 communities on Reddit, covering everything, from food, entertainment, sports, and books, to more niche topics that cater for very specific audiences.
The simple platform is used by more than 52 million people a day and attracts over 50 billion monthly views. While these are impressive numbers, they do pale in comparison with social media giants Facebook and Twitter, however, Reddit distinguishes itself by providing easy-to-find communities for a truly endless range of topics.
Reddit makes money through advertising as well as offering a premium ad-free membership plan. The company has enjoyed continuous user & revenue growth, acquisitions by Conde Nast in 2006 and Advance in 2011, and plans to launch an IPO bid in 2024.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
57% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Aug 2021
$410m
SERIES F
Feb 2021
$250m
SERIES E
Total funding: $1.2bn
Company benefits
- Paid volunteer time off
- 4+ months paid parental leave
- Personal and professional development stipend
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Steve Huffman
(CEO)After co-founding Reddit in 2005, they stepped away from the company to co-found Hipmunk, where they were the CTO. They returned to Reddit in 2015, and have been the CEO since.
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