Senior Business Engineer - Ads

Reddit is a community of communities built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet's largest sources of information.

About the role

The Ads Business Engineering team operates at the intersection of engineering, product, sales, and business development, delivering technical expertise and solutions that empower technology partners, agencies, and advertisers to seamlessly integrate with Reddit's advertising platform. As a Business Engineer, you will play a critical role in driving the success of our advertising API products and platform integrations. This role combines deep technical consulting with hands-on engineering, guiding strategic integrations and often contributing directly to implementation across Reddit's stack or in partner codebases. You will act as a key technical advisor, owning end-to-end relationships with Reddit's most important advertising partners and executing on the long-term strategy for developing an ecosystem of developers.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted technical advisor and solutions architect for strategic partners (or direct advertisers), guiding them through the integration and adoption of Reddit's advertising APIs and tools.
• Design and prototype proof-of-concept solutions that accelerate technical enablement and create tangible value for partners (or direct advertisers), potentially in Reddit's systems or within the client's or partner's codebase.
• Collaborate directly with engineering teams at partner (or direct advertiser) organizations to optimize performance, address integration gaps, and troubleshoot complex issues.
• Lead onboarding, testing, and pre-launch support to ensure a smooth and successful implementation experience.
• Represent the technical voice of the partner (or direct advertiser) internally, surfacing feedback and influencing product and platform priorities.
• Support escalations for complex or high-impact integrations and provide clear, actionable direction to resolve blockers quickly and sustainably.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field—or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of software development experience, with a strong track record of owning end-to-end technical projects, including cross-org coordination.
• Hands-on coding expertise in one or more modern programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, JavaScript, Node.js), with a focus on backend or API development.
• Proven ability to contribute directly to external integrations and prototype in partner environments.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, HTTP, OAuth2 / OpenID Connect, and modern SDK patterns.
• Effective communicator with experience presenting complex technical and business ideas to both internal leadership and external stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep understanding of the AdTech ecosystem and how Reddit's platform aligns with industry trends and standards.
• Contributions to developer experience through tooling, documentation, or ecosystem standards.
• Track record of influencing product roadmaps and involvement in release, launch, and product adoption activities in collaboration with sales, product, and engineering.
• Ads industry experience & ads partnerships experience.

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

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $180,200—$252,300 USD. In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission.