Software Engineer, Reddit

Ads Targeting Platform

$157.4-236.1k

Python

Scala

Java

Elasticsearch

C++

Junior and Mid level

San Francisco Bay Area

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

$157.4-236.1k

Python

Scala

Java

Elasticsearch

C++

Junior and Mid level

San Francisco Bay Area

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

2+ years of experience as a backend engineer, building high-throughput, low-latency real-time systems
Experience with Ads Targeting / Ads Serving / Search / Candidate generation is preferred
Familiarity with data-intensive applications (DB, cache, batch / stream processing) is preferred
Experience with ML infra serving is a bonus
Significant experience in one or more general purpose programming languages such as Java, Scala, Go, C++, or Python

What the job involves

As a Software Engineer on Ads Targeting Platform team, you will be responsible for enabling targeting products with the economy of scale, building out ads targeting infrastructure and platform generalizing across product areas, and raising the bar for system reliability, resiliency, performance, and cost-effectiveness
You will also focus on improving targeting development velocity through better observability and monitoring, as well as establishing and contributing to the team's culture and processes
Some example projects you may work on include unifying an ElasticSearch cluster for various targeting products like Dynamic Product Ads and Contextual Keyword Targeting, developing audience data storage and APIs, contributing to the audience size estimate and forecasting service, building a targeting validator, and creating observability tooling for targeting funnel metrics

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.

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