Software Engineer, Reddit

Ads Experimentation Platform

$164.2-229.9k

+ Equity in the form of restricted stock units

Python

Scala

Java

C++

Mid and Senior level

Remote from US

Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions

Job no longer available

Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions

1001+ employees

B2CB2BPublishingContentSocial MediaCommunity

Job no longer available

$164.2-229.9k

+ Equity in the form of restricted stock units

Python

Scala

Java

C++

Mid and Senior level

Remote from US

1001+ employees

B2CB2BPublishingContentSocial MediaCommunity

Company mission

To empower communities, and make their knowledge accessible to all.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Bachelor's degree or higher in a quantitative/CS major (e.g., mathematics, statistics, economics, finance, computer science). A Master's or PhD is a plus, but not required
3+ years of experience in software engineering
1+ years of hands on experience and solid understanding of A/B testing and statistical analysis frameworks
Significant experience in one or more general purpose programming languages (Go, Java, Scala, C++, Python)
Experience in backend engineering, distributed systems, databases, etc
Experience with Advertisement Technology is a plus, but not required

What the job involves

We are looking for a software engineer to join us to build and scale our ads experimentation framework and infrastructures
This role will be focusing on three key areas:
Budget-aware experiment frameworks - Build and customize testing tools that can accurately measure impacts and derive insights from ads marketplace A/B tests with budget constraints,
Ads Experimentation infrastructure – Optimize and scale our testing tools to increase the test density (more tests in parallel) in the ads marketplace, with easy access to metrics and reports,
Data readouts and analysis - Evolve automated readout to catch valuable insights and help decision making in the ads marketplace with ever growing feature complexities and angles,
Build and scale ads experimentation frameworks and infrastructures
Design end-to-end technical solutions to customer problems
Guide other engineers in implementing your technical designs
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive solutions

Our take

Reddits is an online platform that hosts thousands of message board communities (known as subreddits) designed to foster authentic human connection. With more than 100,000 communities covering everything from food, entertainment, and sports to niche interests for highly specific audiences, there's virtually a space for everyone.

The platform attracts over 52M daily users and more than 50B monthly page views. While these figures are smaller than those of social media giants like Facebook and X, Reddits stands out by offering easily discoverable communities where users can dive deep into virtually any topic imaginable.

Today, Reddit continues to grow its user base and expand its reach, remaining a unique hub for conversation,m connection, and shared interests. With its strong community-driven model and steady revenue streams, it's most definitely positioned to stay a central part of online culture for years to come.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

57% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.7)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Aug 2021

$410m

SERIES F

Feb 2021

$250m

SERIES E

Total funding: $1.2bn

Company benefits

Comprehensive health benefits
Flexible vacation & Reddit global days off
Family planning funds & 4+ months paid parental leave
Personal & professional development funds
Paid volunteer time off
Workspace & home office benefits

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Steve Huffman

(Co-Founder & CEO)

After co-founding Reddit in 2005, they stepped away from the company to co-found Hipmunk, where they were the CTO for 5 years. They returned to Reddit in 2015, and have been the CEO since.

Share this job

View 105 more jobs at Reddit