Join Reddit as a Software Engineer to design and implement Ads products while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Posted by employer 12 hours ago
First seen on Joblaze 2 hours ago
Last verified on the company career page 2 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Collaborate with product managers to design Ads products
- Lead processes to improve operational stability
- Design and operate backend microservices and APIs
- Build and maintain distributed backend systems
- Design and execute A/B experiments
Must have
- Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field
- 4 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation
- Backend services design and development in Java, Go or Python
- Deployment and operation of production services on AWS
- Data modeling and schema design for relational and NoSQL datastores
Nice to have
- Experience with A/B testing and feature-flagged experimentation
- Production observability instrumentation
- Automated testing integrated into CI/CD pipelines
- Experience in digital advertising technology
Requirements
- Experience
- 4+ years
- Education
- Master's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Software Engineer at Reddit focuses on designing and implementing advertising products while collaborating with product managers and data teams. Key skills include backend development in Java, Go, or Python, as well as experience with scalable systems and API design. This position is suited for candidates with a master's degree in a relevant field and at least four years of experience, particularly those with a background in digital advertising technology. The team emphasizes operational stability and data-driven decision-making in a high-traffic environment.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 2, 2026. Last confirmed on Reddit's careers page October 2, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
- Starts above 96% of 57 comparable mid backend roles in United States that list Python we track (median $146,000 across 28 companies). See Python salary trends
- Python appears in 43.1% of 246 comparable mid backend roles in United States; AWS appears in 0.4% of 246 comparable mid backend roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Software Engineer role remote?
- It's hybrid — Reddit expects some on-site time in San Francisco, CA, United States.
- What's the salary range?
- Reddit lists $229,000–$267,100 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 4 years of relevant experience for this Software Engineer role.
- Where is the role based?
- Reddit is hiring for this position in San Francisco, CA, United States.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Web Services, Go, Java, Kubernetes, MySQL.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Reddit targets mid-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Software Engineer role at Reddit.
From the original posting
Job Duties: Collaborate with product managers to design and implement Ads products. Work closely with the platform and data teams while building new features. Lead the processes needed to improve operational stability, including improving code quality, delivering dashboards and data visualizations. Build extensible components that align with the product objectives. Support day-to-day project management tasks, including communicating project updates, managing project timelines, and overseeing project execution. Design, develop, and operate backend microservices and APIs that power ads, including resolution, validation, and transformation across the advertising data models. Build and maintain distributed, horizontally scalable backend systems that serve high-volume production traffic, including data storage, caching, and instrumentation for observability and reliability. Design and execute A/B experiments and feature rollouts to evaluate product changes, and partner with data science teams to measure ad performance and inform product decisions. Full-time telecommuting is an option.
Requirements: Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering (any field) or related quantitative discipline and four (4) years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.
Special Skills Requirement: Backend services design and development in Java, Go or Python; Distributed, horizontally scalable backend system design for high-traffic production workloads (e.g., real-time ad serving); Service-to-service API design using RPC or HTTP-based frameworks (e.g., gRPC, Thrift, GQL); Deployment and operation of production services on Amazon Web Services (AWS), including container orchestration platforms (e.g., Amazon ECS or Kubernetes); Data modeling and schema design for relational and NoSQL datastores (e.g., MySQL, Amazon DynamoDB), including query optimization and indexing; A/B testing and feature-flagged experimentation in production environments; Production observability instrumentation, including metrics, logs, and request tracing (e.g., Amazon CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray), for incident diagnosis and resolution; Automated unit, integration, and functional testing integrated into continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines; Backend system development in digital advertising technology, including ad ingestion, ad serving, or ad-targeting workflows; and Technical design and end-to-end delivery leadership of multi-quarter projects, including authoring technical design documents and driving cross-functional execution with product, data, and platform partners.
Submit a resume with references using the apply button on this posting or by email at: applicationsreview@reddit.com at Req.# 1016.248.3.
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The base pay range for this position is: $229,000.00 - $267,100.00 USD
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