Frontend Engineer, Ads

Reddit
United States
Remote

In the 12 months to 30 Jun 2026, Reddit filed 60 H-1B positions classified as Software Developers. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, LCA disclosure data. A record of filings already made, not a commitment to sponsor.

Who this role is best for

Frontend engineers with ad tech experience and a product-focused mindset will find this role in a high-impact, collaborative environment. The team emphasizes video ad innovation and works across product, design, and engineering.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with ad tech experience and a background in building interactive web experiences
    — “Experience working on ad tech”
  • Individuals comfortable with AI-driven development and GenAI tools for productivity
    — “Experience leveraging GenAI tools to increase software engineering productivity”
  • Engineers who thrive in cross-functional teams and can translate design into scalable code
    — “Collaborate across product, design, and engineering teams to innovate and implement sophisticated solutions”

Things to consider

  • The role requires a strong ability to handle data-intensive and fault-tolerant applications
    — “willingness to tackle the challenges of creating data-intensive, highly responsive, and fault-tolerant apps”
  • Candidates must be prepared to work fully remotely with a focus on communication
    — “able to collaborate with teams in a fully remote environment”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with interactive ad formats and video ad technologies in your resume
    — “building fully customizable interactive formats and AI-driven ads”
  • Showcase your proficiency in Typescript, React, and ad tech frameworks in your portfolio
    — “Languages: Typescript, HTML, CSS, Go Frameworks: React, Thrift, gRPC”
  • Include examples of code reviews and observability practices in your application materials
    — “Skilled at performing insightful code reviews, and receiving feedback themself”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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Skills & requirements

Required

JavaScriptReact

Stack & domain

TypeScriptJavaScriptReact

About the role

Original posting from Reddit via Greenhouse

Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com.

Team Description

The Brand Ad Formats team drives the development of ad formats that help advertisers maximize reach and brand impact. They focus on high-visibility, awareness-driven solutions that create memorable experiences for Reddit users. By delivering guaranteed placements and engaging ad interactions, they support major brand initiatives and help advertisers achieve measurable outcomes.  The team is building fully customizable interactive formats and AI-driven ads that incorporate User-Generated Content (UGC).  Moving forward, we will be doubling down on Video Ads, with the goal of turning Reddit into an industry leader and a ‘must buy’ for advertisers to promote video content.

Role Description

The Brand Ad Formats team is seeking a skilled Frontend engineer with a product-focused mindset to join the team.

Responsibilities:

Build Ad experiences and create patterns for Reddit’s web app that enhance our ads’ performance and functionality.

Collaborate across product, design, and engineering teams to innovate and implement sophisticated solutions for complex challenges.

Engage in the full development cycle: design, develop, QA, experiment, analyze, and deploy.

Required Qualifications:

3+ years of experience in Web Engineering

Proficient in Typescript and Javascript

A willingness to tackle the challenges of creating data-intensive, highly responsive, and fault-tolerant apps

Experience with automated testing best practices, code quality / design patterns, observability, etc.

Skilled at performing insightful code reviews, and receiving feedback themself

Experience leveraging GenAI tools to increase software engineering productivity

Excellent communication skills: able to collaborate with teams in a fully remote environment, and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience working on ad tech

Experience working on consumer facing sites (high production value at scale)

Technologies used on the team include:

Languages: Typescript, HTML, CSS, Go

Frameworks: React, Thrift, gRPC

Tools: Kubernetes, Docker, Codex, Cursor

Pay Transparency:

This job posting may span more than one career level.

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. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/.

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base salary ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.

The base salary range for this position is:$164,200—$229,900 USDIn select roles and locations, the interviews will be recorded, transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI). You will have the opportunity to opt out of recording, transcription and summarization prior to any scheduled interviews.

During the interview, we will collect the following categories of personal information: Identifiers, Professional and Employment-Related Information, Sensory Information (audio/video recording), and any other categories of personal information you choose to share with us. We will use this information to evaluate your application for employment or an independent contractor role, as applicable.  We will not sell your personal information or disclose it to any third party for their marketing purposes.  We will delete any recording of your interview promptly after making a hiring decision.  For more information about how we will handle your personal information, including our retention of it, please refer to our Candidate Privacy Policy for Potential Employees and Contractors.

Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve.  Reddit is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during the interview process, please let your recruiter know.

Source: Reddit careers (Greenhouse)

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