# Senior Software Engineer, Ads

**Company:** [Reddit](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/reddit)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $191k – $267k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Go, Python, Scala, Java, C++, Spark, Kafka, Kubernetes, Postgres, BigQuery
**Posted:** 2026-06-17

> Senior backend engineer building microservices, APIs, and real-time data systems for Reddit's advertising platform. Requires 5+ years experience in Go, Python, Scala or similar languages.

## Job Description

## 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.

## Requirements
- 5+ 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.

## Technologies
- Languages: Go, Python, Scala
- Frameworks: Spark, Thrift, Baseplate, Kafka
- Datastores: Postgres, BigQuery, Redis, Druid
- Tools: Kubernetes, Argo, Docker

## Nice-to-Haves
- 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

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