Reddit

Principal UX Engineer, Ads

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about 6 hours ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$246k - $344k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Define and lead UX engineering strategy across multiple areas of Reddit Ads.
  • Build high-quality functional prototypes and product experiences to explore ideas, test assumptions, and support product decisions.
  • Partner with senior cross-functional leaders to shape product direction and clarify complex, ambiguous opportunities.
  • Create reusable tools, systems, components, and workflows that connect design and research to production.
  • Improve interaction quality, accessibility, performance, and technical craft across the Ads experience.
  • Explore how AI can improve advertiser products and the ways teams design and build them.
  • Mentor other practitioners and help grow UX Engineering across Reddit.

Requirements

  • Deep experience at the intersection of product design and engineering, with a track record of building sophisticated interactive products.
  • Strong hands-on expertise with modern frontend technologies such as React and TypeScript.
  • Excellent product and interaction judgment, including the ability to turn complex ideas into intuitive, high-quality experiences.
  • Experience working across multiple teams or product areas and influencing product direction beyond a single project.
  • Experience creating reusable patterns, platforms, or tools that help other teams move faster.
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity, make thoughtful tradeoffs, and integrate design, engineering, product, and research perspectives.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills with senior cross-functional partners.
  • Experience in advertising is helpful but not required; experience with marketplaces, enterprise tools, analytics, commerce, developer platforms, AI-powered experiences, or other multi-sided ecosystems is relevant.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare benefits and income replacement programs.
  • 401(k) with employer match.
  • Global benefits supporting workspace, professional development, and caregiving.
  • Family planning support.
  • Gender-affirming care.
  • Mental health and coaching benefits.
  • Flexible vacation and paid volunteer time off.
  • Generous paid parental leave.
  • Interviews may be recorded, transcribed, and summarized by AI, with an option to opt out before the interview.

Tech Stack

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Reddit

About Reddit

1,001-5,000 employees

Reddit is the heart of the internet, where millions of people get together to talk about any topic imaginable. Share, vote, and decide what matters in everything from breaking news, to fandoms, lifehacks, gaming, sports, health, and the internet’s cutest animals. With over 100,000 subreddit communities about every topic you could think of (and thousands more you couldn’t), whatever it is, there’s a place for you on Reddit. Interested in joining our growing team? Check out redditinc.com/careers.