Software Engineer, Ads

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.