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Be the technical bridge between Reddit's Ads API platform and its biggest advertising partners
Reddit's Ads Business Engineering team needs an engineer who is equal parts solutions architect and hands-on integrator, building proofs-of-concept directly in partner codebases, troubleshooting integration gaps, and representing partner needs back into Reddit's product roadmap. The interview weighs backend and API coding depth against consultative, cross-org influence skills.
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What this interview tests
- Hands-on backend and API engineering in partner-facing integration contexts
- REST APIs, HTTP, OAuth2/OpenID Connect, and SDK design patterns
- Technical consulting: diagnosing and resolving integration gaps in external codebases
- Representing partner or customer technical feedback into internal product priorities
- Rapid proof-of-concept design and prototyping
- Cross-functional communication with engineering, product, sales, and business development
Common question themes
Describe an API or SDK integration you built or debugged directly in a partner's or client's codebase
How do you approach OAuth2/OpenID Connect when designing or troubleshooting a partner integration
Tell me about a time you had to advocate for a partner's technical need internally and change a roadmap or priority
Walk me through a proof-of-concept you prototyped to unblock a stalled integration and how you scoped it
How do you communicate a complex technical tradeoff to both an engineering counterpart and a business stakeholder
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