Staff Backend Software Engineer, Reddit

• 7+ years software engineering experience building production services at scale
• Ads domain experience
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with a service-oriented team and company
• Experience coordinating large-scale, cross-functional efforts that span different teams, and driving alignment between diverse stakeholders
• Experience in solving complex system scaling and latency performance problems
• Strong proficiency in one or more: Go, Python; plus experience with service frameworks (gRPC/Thrift) and API design
• Experience with distributed systems, data modeling, and event‑driven architectures (e.g., Kafka/PubSub)

Desirable

• As a Staff Software Engineer on the Ads Business Manager team, you will develop a long-term technical strategy to unlock the next tier of agency enablement on the Reddit Ads Platform
• This is a high-agency position for an engineer who can navigate ambiguity and take decisive ownership of the technical direction in collaboration with other engineers, teams, and stakeholders
• It is best classified as the Tech Lead archetype of Staff Engineer, and the most successful candidates will have experience serving in this capacity previously
• On a day-to-day basis, engineers tackle complex, high-stakes challenges at the core of Reddit’s Ads Platform which include innovating on permissions systems, building agency and LCS solutions, and driving adoption among Reddit's largest advertisers
• From ideation to delivery, our engineers are trusted with end-to-end ownership of their projects, working closely in cross-functional collaboration with product managers, UX designers, and partner teams
• This hands-on approach means every team member plays a direct and visible role in delivering high-impact, user-focused solutions for some of Reddit’s most strategic advertisers
• Lead large cross-functional projects end to end, from concept, design, and implementation through to launch and driving adoption all while ensuring the highest quality and performance
• Have a strong product sense and be able to run customer interviews, translating data and user feedback into features that inform the team’s roadmap
• Mentor engineers and leaders, share industry knowledge, and contribute to the technical growth of the team
• Disambiguate complex problems, align stakeholders with different priorities, and aggressively prioritize to execute effectively
• Be able to make system level improvements, enhancements and implement complex code modifications
• Collaborate closely with engineering teams and stakeholders to integrate Business Manager capabilities into broader infrastructure and use cases across Reddit
• Our Stack
• Go, Python; gRPC/Thrift; Kafka; Postgres, BigQuery, Redis, Cassandra, SpiceDB (ReBAC); Kubernetes; AWS/GCP