Principal Software Engineer, Reddit
Ads Formats
$232.5-325.5k
+ Equity in the form of restricted stock units
Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions
Open for applications
Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$232.5-325.5k
+ 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
- We are currently seeking a hands-on technical engineering leader with experience in building Ad formats/products and infrastructure innovation
- 10+ years of professional experience as a Software Engineer. A technical leader who has led complex, cross-departmental projects that impact critical business metrics
- 5+ years of experience working across various components in the ads system, including Ads Formats, Campaign Management, Ads Reporting, Ad Serving and Ad Ranking
- Has worked on a product that has a consumer usage (Ad Formats, Ad Reporting, Ad Manager, Ad Insights). Able to work with a vertical team (Full Stack Team)
- Familiarity with Ads privacy (GDPR, CCPA, ePD, ATT, etc.)
- A proven track record of delivering high impact ads products
- Capable of designing, implementing, testing, and launching complex product and infrastructure changes across the entire Ads stack
- Strong ability to deliver through others as well as doing hands-on work
- An adept communicator and has experience communicating and updating executives
What the job involves
- The role involves enhancing product development velocity, standardizing formats infrastructure, considering end-to-end impact (Ad rendering, Ad serving, ranking, measurement), and accelerating new formats innovation
- We value someone who can collaborate across organizational and functional boundaries to find solutions and is unafraid to dive into the details to create scalable solutions
- As a diverse team of software developers, product managers, data scientists, and Ad experts, we look forward to welcoming you to our team!
- Lead projects from concept, design, implementation, to rollout, ensuring the highest quality and performance
- Identify opportunities to enhance value for our advertisers by understanding the various aspects of pre-click, post-click enhancements and ensuring it matches well with company priorities
- Enhance infrastructure to make enhancements of formats faster and increase portability of solutions across the various placements
- Bring in ideas from across the industry to enhance the Ad product portfolio
- Collaborate with designers and product managers to discover and build new Ad functionality and products. Be a thought leader in this process
- Advice on Ad review and brand safety enhancements
- Mentor staff engineers and leaders, share industry knowledge, and contribute to the technical growth of the team
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
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 values
- Make something people love
- Evolve
- Work hard
- Default open
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
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Founders
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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