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Staff Software Engineer

Full-stack EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 501-1,000Since 2005H1B No SponsorCompany Site LinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

16 days ago

Salary

$217K - $303.9K / year

Bachelor Degree7 yrs expEnglishDistributed SystemsJavaPythonScalaGo

Job Description

• tackle complex, high-stakes challenges at the core of Reddit’s ads platform • innovating on permissions systems • building agency and LCS solutions • driving adoption among Reddit's largest advertisers • own the platform layer that other product teams use to surface their features • own the external-facing APIs that third-party partners rely on to manage campaigns and generate reports • provide world-class tools and infrastructure to enable our partners to grow their business • provide an easy-to-use and safe internal platform to expose functionality they own as part of our standardized Ads API platform

Job Requirements

7+ years of software engineering experience, with a track record of leading large-scale technical projects that require cross-team and cross-functional collaboration.
Strong experience in large-scale distributed systems and developing highly scalable and reliable backend services.
Expertise in at least one general-purpose programming language (e.g., Go, Python, Scala, Java, or C++) and ability to grow expertise in Python and Go.
Demonstrated ability to disambiguate complex problems, align stakeholders with different priorities, and aggressively prioritize to execute effectively.
Excellent communication skills employed to drive toward consensus, navigate disagreements, and influence decisions across the engineering organization.
A bias for action. The ability to identify what needs to be done, take the initiative to make it happen without waiting for direction, and finish the swing.
Direct experience as a Tech Lead or in a similar function is preferred.
Previous success as part of a Platform team with other engineering teams serving as customers is preferred.
Expertise in Python and/or Go is preferred.