Staff Engineer, Ads Business Manager
Core
Designing and scaling the foundational business platform for Reddit's Ads Platform, enabling advertisers and agencies to manage access, compliance, and organizational operations.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Tech Lead archetype)
Builds
Business identity infrastructure, governance and access-control systems, Business Hub experiences, and enterprise-scale collaboration workflows.
Domain
Internet / Advertising Technology / Identity & Access Management
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Backend engineering, frontend unblocking, technical strategy definition, cross-functional project leadership, product sense, system scaling, latency optimization, distributed systems, data modeling, event-driven architectures, AI tool proficiency, Go, Python, gRPC/Thrift, API design, Kafka/PubSub
Preferred skills
Identity/access management/governance for enterprise customers, UI development with AI tools, advertising agency solutions
Technologies
Go, Python, gRPC, Thrift, Kafka, Postgres, BigQuery, Redis, Cassandra, SpiceDB, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Javascript, Typescript
Responsibilities
Define and drive technical strategy for business identity and governance systems; Lead large cross-functional projects from concept to launch; Translate customer feedback into roadmap features; Mentor engineers and share industry knowledge; Align stakeholders and prioritize execution; Implement complex system-level code modifications.
Seniority
Staff, high-agency Tech Lead
