IOS Software Engineer, Ad Formats

About Reddit

Reddit is a community of communities, built on shared interests, passion, and trust. It serves as home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on topics they care about. With over 100,000 active communities and approximately 116 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit stands as one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more details, visit www.redditinc.com.

About the Brand Ad Formats Team

The Brand Ad Formats team is dedicated to developing ad formats that help advertisers maximize their reach and brand impact. Their focus is on high-visibility, awareness-driven solutions that create memorable experiences for Reddit users. By providing guaranteed placements and engaging ad interactions, they support major brand initiatives and help advertisers achieve measurable outcomes. The team continually evolves existing formats and launches entirely new ones to keep Reddit’s ad offerings fresh and competitive. Current projects include a fully customizable interactive ad format and an ad format that leverages AI to incorporate User-Generated Content.

The Role of an iOS Software Engineer, Ad Formats

The Ad Formats team is actively seeking a skilled iOS Software Engineer, Ad Formats with a strong product-focused mindset to join their innovative team.

Responsibilities

• Build engaging ad experiences and create robust patterns for Reddit’s iOS app that enhance ads’ performance and functionality.
• Collaborate effectively across product, design, and engineering teams to innovate and implement sophisticated solutions for complex challenges.
• Engage actively in the full development cycle: from design and development to QA, experimentation, analysis, and deployment.

Required Qualifications

• Proficiency in iOS engineering and the Swift programming language, coupled with at least 3 years of experience in software development.
• Strong foundational knowledge of software engineering principles.
• A willingness and ability to tackle the challenges inherent in creating data-intensive, highly responsive, and fault-tolerant applications.
• An openness to explore and implement innovative approaches to software development.

Bonus Points

• Experience working within the ad tech industry.
• Ability to contribute across the full stack.

Technologies Used On The Team Include

• Languages: Swift, Go, Python
• Frameworks: SliceKit, Thrift, gRPC
• Datastores: Postgres, DynamoDB, BigQuery
• Tools: Kubernetes, Argo, Docker

Benefits at Reddit

Reddit offers a comprehensive suite of benefits designed to support employees both personally and professionally:

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
• 401k with Employer Match
• Global Benefit programs tailored to fit your lifestyle, covering everything from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
• Family Planning Support
• Gender-Affirming Care
• Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
• Flexible Vacation and Paid Volunteer Time Off
• Generous Paid Parental Leave

Pay Transparency

This job posting may span more than one career level. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for equity in the form of restricted stock units, and potentially a commission depending on the role offered. Reddit also provides a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) program with employer match, and generous time off. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com/careers/.

To ensure transparency, base salary ranges are shared for all US-based job postings. Ranges are set based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar growth companies. Final offers are determined by factors such as skills, experience, and credentials, and may vary.

The Base Salary Range For This Position Is: $164,200—$229,900 USD

Key Skills/Competency

• iOS Engineering
• Swift Programming
• Mobile Development
• Ad Formats
• Product Focus
• Collaboration
• Data-intensive Applications
• Go/Python
• Postgres/DynamoDB
• Kubernetes/Docker