Reddit

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Ads Formats

Ontario, Canada

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
InternshipJob Type
UnknownVisa
Internet, AdvertisingIndustries

Job Description

Position Overview

  • Location Type: Remote (United States or Canada)
  • Employment Type: Flexible First Workforce
  • Salary: Not specified

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 101M+ daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit redditinc.com.

Reddit has a flexible first 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 from the United States or Canada.

The Ads Formats Org is committed to enhancing our already thriving Ad formats by improving user experiences that align with advertisers’ marketing goals. We focus on:

  • Expanding Ad Inventory
  • Enabling Ads on New Placements
  • Optimizing the Ad User Experience
  • Enhancing Post-Click and Pre-Click Interactions
  • Supporting the Ads/Consumer Ecosystem changes to increase DAU
  • Infrastructure Enhancements for Ad Products
  • Innovating New Formats and establishing Product-Market Fit

Our environment is fast-paced, and our team is nimble and adaptive to advertiser feedback.

We are currently seeking a hands-on technical engineering leader with experience in building Ad formats/products and infrastructure innovation. 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!

Requirements

  • Experience:
    • At least 10 years of Technical Leadership experience
    • More than 2 years as Senior Staff or above
    • More than 5 years in the Ads Domain, as an expert in Ad-tech (internal and ecosystem)
  • Product Delivery:
    • Shipped software that has a consumer usage (Ad Formats, Ad Reporting, Ad Manager, Ad Insights).
    • Led/Drove work through vertical team(s) (Full Stack Team, backend, web and mobile).
  • Privacy Knowledge:
    • Understands privacy landscape and has negotiated with privacy teams on behalf of ads.
  • Impactful Results:
    • Track record of delivering high-impact ads products.
  • Privacy Compliance:
    • Familiar with Ads privacy (GDPR, CCPA, ePD, ATT, etc.)
  • Collaboration & Communication:
    • Ability to deliver through others as well as doing hands-on work
    • Adept communicator, experience communicating with and updating executives.

Responsibilities

  • Identify opportunities to enhance value

Skills

Ad formats
Infrastructure innovation
Ad rendering
Ad serving
Ranking
Measurement
Product development
Cross-organizational collaboration
End-to-end impact analysis

Reddit

Online platform for community discussions and content

About Reddit

Reddit is an online platform that allows users to post, vote, and comment on content within various communities based on shared interests. Users can engage in discussions on a wide range of topics, from news and sports to entertainment and hobbies. The platform features a unique voting system where content can receive upvotes or downvotes, helping the most popular posts gain visibility. Reddit generates revenue primarily through advertising, premium memberships, and the sale of virtual goods like Reddit Coins. Unlike many other social media platforms, Reddit emphasizes community-driven content and discussions, creating a space for authentic interactions among users. The goal of Reddit is to foster engagement and connection among its diverse user base.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2005Year Founded
$1,177.1MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Consumer Software, EntertainmentIndustries
1,001-5,000Employees

Benefits

Comprehensive health benefits
Flexible unlimited vacation days & monthly global wellness days
Family planning funds & 4+ months paid parental leave
Personal & professional development funds
Paid volunteer time off
Workspace & home office benefits

Risks

Reliance on advertising revenue faces competition from platforms like TikTok and Instagram.
AI tools like 'Reddit Answers' may raise privacy and data usage concerns.
NFT market expansion exposes Reddit to volatility and regulatory scrutiny.

Differentiation

Reddit's unique voting system promotes engaging and authentic content discovery.
The platform's diverse communities cater to a wide range of interests and discussions.
Reddit's AI-powered tools enhance user experience and content moderation.

Upsides

Reddit's confidential IPO plans signal potential growth and market expansion.
AI-driven content moderation can improve user safety and platform reliability.
Expansion into blockchain and NFTs opens new revenue streams and user engagement.

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