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Location: US remote-friendly

Reddit is continuing to grow our teams with the best talent. This role is completely remote friendly and will continue to be after the pandemic.

The Ads Supply Optimization team is growing and we are looking for an experienced software engineer to be part of the journey of developing a world-class marketplace and optimizing for users, advertisers and Reddit value.

In this role, you will be responsible for developing and executing a vision to improve Supply Optimization. You will design experiments to generate insights of marketplace dynamics and trade-offs, design and build algorithms to smartly distribute inventory to improve delivery efficiency, integrate ad content with organic posts to provide best user experience and explore new placements that provide seamless ad experience with the organic content.

This person will be an industry technical leader with domain knowledge in marketplace dynamics, strong execution and cross-functional management skills.

Responsibilities:

Design, build and improve backend systems to maximize values for users, advertisers and Reddit
Execute a vision and roadmap for supply optimization to improve user experience
Lead junior engineers in implementing technical designs
Collaborate with product managers and data scientists to innovate and build products
Design end-to-end technical solutions to customer problems
Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability and stability of various system resources
Lead other engineers in implementing technical designs

Required Qualifications:

5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer
1+ years of experience optimizing ads marketplace dynamics
1+ years of experience leveraging quantitative analysis skills in your role
Experience in supply or page optimization is preferred but not required
MS or PhD degree in Computer Science, Statistics or related field
Desire to mentor other engineers and level-up the team’s strength

Tech Stack:

Languages: Golang, Scala
Frameworks: Thrift, Baseplate, Kafka
Datastores: Postgres, Druid, Redis, BigQuery
Tools: Kubernetes, Airflow, Docker

Benefits:

Comprehensive Health benefits
401k Matching
Workspace benefits for your home office
Personal & Professional development funds
Family Planning Support
Flexible Vacation (please use them!) & Reddit Global Days Off
4+ months paid Parental Leave
Paid Volunteer time off

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/.

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay 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 pay range for this position is:

$183,500—$275,300 USD

Reddit is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at [email protected].

Senior Software Engineer, Ads Supply Optimization

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