This role is designed for a seasoned "Tech Lead" archetype who thrives at the intersection of high-level architecture and product strategy. With at least 7 year
Work type: remote
Location: Remote - United States
Salary: $217,000 – $303,900/yr
Type: Full-time
This role is designed for a seasoned "Tech Lead" archetype who thrives at the intersection of high-level architecture and product strategy. With at least 7 years of experience building scalable backend services, you should have a deep background in **Ads technology** and a track record of leading complex, multi-team initiatives. The ideal candidate is comfortable navigating ambiguity and possesses the product sense necessary to translate customer feedback into technical roadmaps. The compensation is highly competitive, ranging from **$217,000 to $303,900**, supplemented by equity and a 401k match. As a **fully remote** position within the US, it offers significant flexibility alongside unique benefits like "Global Days Off" and comprehensive family-planning support. This is a high-visibility opportunity to influence the foundational infrastructure of a global platform's primary revenue driver. **You might be a good fit if you:** * Have extensive experience with **Go** or **Python** and distributed systems like Kafka and Postgres. * Are a former Tech Lead who enjoys mentoring others and setting long-term technical strategies. * Understand the nuances of building identity, permission, or collaboration systems for enterprise clients. * Can bridge the gap between engineering and product by running customer interviews and prioritizing roadmaps.
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## Team Objective
The Business Manager team is central to increasing adoption among Ad Agencies and Small-to-Medium Businesses (SMBs). Our primary focus is building the foundational platform that empowers advertisers to operate effectively on Reddit. This includes owning the systems for how businesses are created, structured, secured, and shared across the entire Ads Platform and other Reddit surfaces, specifically managing identity, permissions, onboarding, and collaboration between different businesses.
## About the Team
On a day-to-day basis, engineers tackle complex, high-stakes challenges at the core of Reddit’s Ads Platform which include innovating on permissions systems, building agency and LCS solutions, and driving adoption among Reddit's largest advertisers. From ideation to delivery, our engineers are trusted with end-to-end ownership of their projects, working closely in cross-functional collaboration with product managers, UX designers, and partner teams. This hands-on approach means every team member plays a direct and visible role in delivering high-impact, user-focused solutions for some of Reddit’s most strategic advertisers.
## Role Description
As a Staff Software Engineer on the Ads Business Manager team, you will develop a long-term technical strategy to unlock the next tier of agency enablement on the Reddit Ads Platform. This is a high-agency position for an engineer who can navigate ambiguity and take decisive ownership of the technical direction in collaboration with other engineers, teams, and stakeholders. It is best classified as the Tech Lead archetype of Staff Engineer, and the most successful candidates will have experience serving in this capacity previously.
### A successful candidate will:
General Engineering Requirements
Go, Python; gRPC/Thrift; Kafka; Postgres, BigQuery, Redis, Cassandra, SpiceDB (ReBAC); Kubernetes; AWS/GCP
Benefits: