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# Software Engineer, Ads

Remote - United States Remote $164,200 — $229,900 Software Engineering 

Listed on Reddit’s official careers site. Posted January 6, 2025. Check that it is still open and apply there.
[Apply on Reddit’s careers site →](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/reddit/jobs/6469397)

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## Job description

Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com.

Reddit has a flexible workforce! If you happen to live close to one of our physical office locations our doors are open for you to come into the office as often as you'd like. Don't live near one of our offices?

### No worries

You can apply to work remotely in any country in which we have a physical presence.

### Role Description

This is a generalist mid-level backend position within the Ads Organization. Ads is the fuel that powers Reddit’s mission. As a backend engineer on the team, candidates might work on: Microservices and APIs that power our advertiser-facing product, ads.reddit.com Distributed systems that ensure the right ad gets shown to the right user at the right time

Backends that power interactive user experiences on our ads like Polls and Games Real time, data intensive systems that measure the performance of our ad campaigns Infrastructure that supports all of the above Technologies used on the team include: Languages: Go, Python, Scala Frameworks: Spark, Thrift, Baseplate, Kafka Datastores: Postgres, BigQuery, Redis, Druid

Tools: Kubernetes, Argo, Docker Mid-level engineers are expected to absorb best practices and learn exceptionally quickly while being effective core contributors.

Engineers at this level must be able to code independently, but may work with senior engineers on the design of complex solutions. The most important skills an engineer at this level must possess are 1) coachability and an eagerness to grow, 2) deep passion for coding, and 3) excellent independent learning skills, all while operating as a fully functioning member of an engineering team.

### Responsibilities

Work with product managers to design and implement Ads products. Collaborate 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 would align with the product objectives. Support day to day project management tasks including communicating project updates, managing project timelines and overseeing project execution.

### Required Qualifications

3+ years of software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages (Java, Scala, Go, C++, Python). Able to take complete ownership of a feature or project.

### Bonus Points

Experience working in the Ads domain Experience or interest in the advertising business and understanding customer needs Benefits: Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs 401k with Employer Match Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support Family Planning Support Gender-Affirming Care Mental Health & Coaching Benefits Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off Generous Paid Parental Leave Pay Transparency: This job posting may span more than one career level.

In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit [https://www.redditinc.com/careers/](https://www.redditinc.com/careers/).

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base salary ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.

The base salary range for this position is: $164,200 — $229,900 USD In select roles and locations, the interviews will be recorded, transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI). You will have the opportunity to opt out of recording, transcription and summarization prior to any scheduled interviews. During the interview, we will collect the following categories of personal information: Identifiers, Professional and Employment-Related Information, Sensory Information (audio/video recording), and any other categories of personal information you choose to share with us.

We will use this information to evaluate your application for employment or an independent contractor role, as applicable. We will not sell your personal information or disclose it to any third party for their marketing purposes. We will delete any recording of your interview promptly after making a hiring decision. For more information about how we will handle your personal information, including our retention of it, please refer to our Candidate Privacy Policy for Potential Employees and Contractors.

Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve. Reddit is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during the interview process, please let your recruiter know.

## At a glance
- Posted by the employer: Jan 6, 2025
- First seen by OpenNash: Jul 10, 2026
- Last checked: Oct 18, 2026
- Listed for: Over a year
- Location: Remote - United States
- Work arrangement: Remote
- Pay: $164,200 — $229,900[Apply on Reddit’s careers site →](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/reddit/jobs/6469397)

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