Senior Software Engineer, Reddit

Ads API Platform

$190.8-267.1k

+ Equity

React

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Scala

Java

Kafka

Redis

Postgres

Cassandra

BigQuery

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

$190.8-267.1k

+ Equity

React

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Scala

Java

Kafka

Redis

Postgres

Cassandra

BigQuery

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

5+ years of software development experience in one or more general-purpose programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, Java, Scala)
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Ability to design and architect complex solutions that span systems at high quality
Ability to take complete ownership of a feature or project from start to finish

Desirable

Experience owning an API layer as a platform, experience with OpenAPI
Product-feature development experience utilizing LLMs in production, or developer-platform experience utilizing LLMs/AI-tooling in production
Experience with Ads platforms or related technologies
Frontend experience (our ads UI is one of our biggest customers of the Ads API)"
Experience or familiarity with:
Frameworks: React, Thrift, Baseplate, Kafka
Datastores: Postgres, Cassandra, Druid, Redis, BigQuery
Tools: Kubernetes, Argo, Docker

What the job involves

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Ads API team within the Advertiser Platform organization
Ensuring service health for our API product
Upholding a quality bar for upstream services and partner feature teamsBuilding platform tools to enable internal and external developers
Focusing on customer needs to enable API 3rd-party partners and direct advertisers
Collaborating with product managers to design and implement Ads products
Ensuring service health and uptime
Leading the processes needed to improve operational stability, including improving code quality, delivering dashboards, and creating data visualizations
Building extensible components that align with product objectives
Supporting day-to-day project management tasks, including communicating project updates, managing project timelines, and overseeing project execution

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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