Engineering Manager, Advanced Signals (SWE)

What You’ll Do

Ads Advanced Signals Technical Vision

Your primary mission will be to scale and evolve the APIs, integrations, and tooling that power Reddit’s off-platform signals ecosystem. This includes both collecting high-quality inbound signals and delivering outbound data products that advertisers and partners use to measure and optimize performance. There is significant room to guide technical vision that will have a meaningful impact on Reddit’s ads business.

Execution

You will own the execution of your team’s roadmap and be accountable for consistent, predictable delivery. You will 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.

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

• Manage and lead a team of engineers building products, APIs, and data integrations for collecting and distributing off-platform signals
• Drive adoption of Reddit’s Conversions API, and associated integrations by creating strong developer experiences
• Own a roadmap spanning inbound signals collection and outbound measurement/reporting capabilities
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product, Data Science, Sales, Solutions, and Business Engineering, to improve advertiser outcomes and drive revenue
• Set team goals and objectives, and track progress toward achieving them
• Identify and develop talent within the team and provide mentorship and career development opportunities

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience leading engineering teams & atleast 5+ years of experience as a software engineer
• Experience in Ads domain;
• (Nice to have) - Ads domains that leverages conversion signals, signals integrations, mobile measurement partner integrations, and measurement vendor integrations
• Experience partnering with product managers and designers to build new products
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to develop and communicate a clear, compelling technical strategy that supports broader company objectives and addresses the needs of internal customers.
• Impact-Driven Mindset: Passion for developing scalable, well-designed, and responsible solutions that drive business value.
• Exceptional Communication & Collaboration: Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative mindset, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical topics to diverse audiences and build strong relationships with cross-functional partners