Join Reddit's Brand Ad Formats team as a Frontend Engineer to build innovative ad experiences in a fully remote environment.
Posted by employer 1 day ago
First seen on Joblaze 3 hours ago
Last verified on the company career page 3 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Build Ad experiences for Reddit’s web app
- Collaborate across product, design, and engineering teams
- Engage in the full development cycle
Must have
- 3+ years of experience in Web Engineering
- Proficient in TypeScript and JavaScript
- Experience with automated testing best practices
Nice to have
- Experience working on ad tech
- Experience working on consumer facing sites
AI in the day-to-day
Experience leveraging GenAI tools to increase software engineering productivity.
Requirements
- Experience
- 3+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Frontend Engineer on the Brand Ad Formats team at Reddit focuses on developing and enhancing ad experiences within the web application, ensuring they are both functional and high-performing. Proficiency in Typescript and Javascript is essential, along with experience in building data-intensive applications and a solid understanding of automated testing practices. This role is suited for engineers with at least three years of experience, particularly those with a background in ad tech or consumer-facing sites. The team is dedicated to innovating ad formats that leverage user-generated content and AI, aiming to position Reddit as a leader in video advertising.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today on Joblaze — tracked directly from Reddit's career page.
- Reddit has 168 other open roles including Director, Revenue Strategy & Operations (Large Customer Sales), Backend Engineer, IAM, Director, Revenue Strategy & Operations (Large Customer Sales).
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- Salary band is in line with the typical range for Frontend roles (median ~$180,500).
- Pays more than 48% of the 1266 salaried Kubernetes roles we track (median $165,000). See Kubernetes salary trends
Quick facts
- Is the Frontend Engineer, Ads role remote?
- Yes — Reddit lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Reddit lists $164,200–$229,900 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 3 years of relevant experience for this Frontend Engineer, Ads role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: CSS, Docker, Go, HTML, JavaScript, Kubernetes.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Reddit targets mid-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Frontend Engineer, Ads role at Reddit.
From the original posting
Team Description
The Brand Ad Formats team drives the development of ad formats that help advertisers maximize reach and brand impact. They focus on high-visibility, awareness-driven solutions that create memorable experiences for Reddit users. By delivering guaranteed placements and engaging ad interactions, they support major brand initiatives and help advertisers achieve measurable outcomes. The team is building fully customizable interactive formats and AI-driven ads that incorporate User-Generated Content (UGC). Moving forward, we will be doubling down on Video Ads, with the goal of turning Reddit into an industry leader and a ‘must buy’ for advertisers to promote video content.
Role Description
The Brand Ad Formats team is seeking a skilled Frontend engineer with a product-focused mindset to join the team.
Responsibilities:
- Build Ad experiences and create patterns for Reddit’s web app that enhance our ads’ performance and functionality.
- Collaborate across product, design, and engineering teams to innovate and implement sophisticated solutions for complex challenges.
- Engage in the full development cycle: design, develop, QA, experiment, analyze, and deploy.
Required Qualifications:
- 3+ years of experience in Web Engineering
- Proficient in Typescript and Javascript
- A willingness to tackle the challenges of creating data-intensive, highly responsive, and fault-tolerant apps
- Experience with automated testing best practices, code quality / design patterns, observability, etc.
- Skilled at performing insightful code reviews, and receiving feedback themself
- Experience leveraging GenAI tools to increase software engineering productivity
- Excellent communication skills: able to collaborate with teams in a fully remote environment, and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working on ad tech
- Experience working on consumer facing sites (high production value at scale)
Technologies used on the team include:
- Languages: Typescript, HTML, CSS, Go
- Frameworks: React, Thrift, gRPC
- Tools: Kubernetes, Docker, Codex, Cursor
Pay Transparency:
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