Job brief: Software Engineer, Ads

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• Listed on Reddit's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (4 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-08.
• The apply link opens job-boards.greenhouse.io, the address Reddit's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: Not published
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Remote · Remote - Ontario, Canada · Remote - United States
• Posted: 2025-01-07 · over 60 days ago

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Mid level. The posting asks for 3+ years of experience.

Must have

• 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 sk…
• 3+ years of software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages (Java, Scala, Go, C++, Python).

Conditions

• Reddit has a flexible 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 in any country in which we have a physical presence.

Main duties

• 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.

Lines copied from the posting, not rewritten. "Preferred" or "nice to have" items are not listed as must-haves.

How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for software engineer jobs across the U.S.: $187k a year (1,112 listings, 67 employers). This listing does not publish pay to compare.
• Across Reddit's 142 open listings, 50% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Reddit hires

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