Engineering Manager - Ads Signals Growth
As the Engineering Manager of the Ads Signals Growth team at Reddit, you will be responsible for leading the team that develops and maintains the APIs, 3P integrations and foundational infrastructure that collect and curate off-platform signals for use in advertising campaigns while complying with privacy policies.
This opportunity provides a platform for high impact and personal growth and presents very unique product and technical challenges that will put you at the forefront of the next generation of ads measurement products.
What You’ll Do
Ads Signals Growth Technical Vision
Your primary mission will be to build and uplevel APIs, 3P integrations, foundational infrastructures, and privacy enhanced technologies so that Reddit’s Ads Signals Growth can scale with our ads business over the next several years. There is plenty of room for guiding and setting technical vision that will have a huge impact on our business.
Execution
You will own the execution of your team’s roadmap and be accountable for consistent, predictable delivery. You will ruthlessly prioritize both planned projects and emergent asks. You will coach Tech Leads on project management and empower your team to execute autonomously. You will identify risks and proactively communicate them both internally and externally.
Recruiting
Ads Signals Growth will grow quickly during your tenure at Reddit, and our engineering managers are directly responsible for scaling up their teams. You will identify your team’s needs, write job descriptions, source, interview, and help close candidates. You will have the support of our incredible recruiting team to bring diverse and talented engineers into Reddit.
Career Development
You will help your engineers identify career goals and create development plans to achieve them. You will constantly seek opportunities to push your engineers & managers outside their comfort zone and turn followers into leaders.
Quality Control
You will work with your team to develop processes and tooling that constantly improve the quality of our products and systems, ensuring that they meet product requirements, customer needs, and SLAs.
Organizational Alignment
You will serve as a thought partner to product and upper management to ensure your team’s plans align with company goals. You will become an expert in the digital ads business and our customer needs. You will participate in and challenge prioritization decisions. You will communicate your team’s work and set expectations with external stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
Managing and leading a team of engineers to develop and maintain products, APIs, and infrastructure for collecting and curating off-platform signals
Driving adoption of our libraries and APIs by creating delightful developer experiences for advertisers
Adopting new privacy-centric standards and APIs and leveraging privacy enhanced technologies to build the next generation of measurement tools
Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including product, data science, and solutions, to drive advertising revenue and improve campaign performance
Setting team goals and objectives, and tracking progress towards achieving them
Identifying and developing talent within the team and providing mentorship and career development opportunities
Qualifications
2+ years of experience leading engineering teams
5+ years of experience as a software engineer
Experience partnering with product managers and designers to build new products
(Nice to have) Experience in ads domains that leverages conversion signals, especially direct experience with Signals or Measurement
Benefits:
Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits
401k Matching
Workspace benefits for your home office
Personal & Professional development funds
Family Planning Support
Flexible Vacation (please use them!) & Reddit Global Wellness Days
4+ months paid Parental Leave
Paid Volunteer time off
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Engineering Manager - Ads Signals Growth
As the Engineering Manager of the Ads Signals Growth team at Reddit, you will be responsible for leading the team that develops and maintains the APIs, 3P integrations and foundational infrastructure that collect and curate off-platform signals for use in advertising campaigns while complying with privacy policies.
This opportunity provides a platform for high impact and personal growth and presents very unique product and technical challenges that will put you at the forefront of the next generation of ads measurement products.
What You’ll Do
Ads Signals Growth Technical Vision
Your primary mission will be to build and uplevel APIs, 3P integrations, foundational infrastructures, and privacy enhanced technologies so that Reddit’s Ads Signals Growth can scale with our ads business over the next several years. There is plenty of room for guiding and setting technical vision that will have a huge impact on our business.
Execution
You will own the execution of your team’s roadmap and be accountable for consistent, predictable delivery. You will ruthlessly prioritize both planned projects and emergent asks. You will coach Tech Leads on project management and empower your team to execute autonomously. You will identify risks and proactively communicate them both internally and externally.
Recruiting
Ads Signals Growth will grow quickly during your tenure at Reddit, and our engineering managers are directly responsible for scaling up their teams. You will identify your team’s needs, write job descriptions, source, interview, and help close candidates. You will have the support of our incredible recruiting team to bring diverse and talented engineers into Reddit.
Career Development
You will help your engineers identify career goals and create development plans to achieve them. You will constantly seek opportunities to push your engineers & managers outside their comfort zone and turn followers into leaders.
Quality Control
You will work with your team to develop processes and tooling that constantly improve the quality of our products and systems, ensuring that they meet product requirements, customer needs, and SLAs.
Organizational Alignment
You will serve as a thought partner to product and upper management to ensure your team’s plans align with company goals. You will become an expert in the digital ads business and our customer needs. You will participate in and challenge prioritization decisions. You will communicate your team’s work and set expectations with external stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
Managing and leading a team of engineers to develop and maintain products, APIs, and infrastructure for collecting and curating off-platform signals
Driving adoption of our libraries and APIs by creating delightful developer experiences for advertisers
Adopting new privacy-centric standards and APIs and leveraging privacy enhanced technologies to build the next generation of measurement tools
Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including product, data science, and solutions, to drive advertising revenue and improve campaign performance
Setting team goals and objectives, and tracking progress towards achieving them
Identifying and developing talent within the team and providing mentorship and career development opportunities
Qualifications
2+ years of experience leading engineering teams
5+ years of experience as a software engineer
Experience partnering with product managers and designers to build new products
(Nice to have) Experience in ads domains that leverages conversion signals, especially direct experience with Signals or Measurement
Benefits:
Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits
401k Matching
Workspace benefits for your home office
Personal & Professional development funds
Family Planning Support
Flexible Vacation (please use them!) & Reddit Global Wellness Days
4+ months paid Parental Leave
Paid Volunteer time off