Reddit appointed Amit Puntambekar as executive vice president of consumer engineering. Puntambekar joins from previous roles at Atlassian and Meta.
The company promoted Jim Squires to chief marketing officer. Laura Nestler now serves as executive vice president of community.
These appointments align with Reddit's focus on on-platform search. More than 80 million people use the search function weekly.
The feature combines keyword search with AI-powered "Reddit Answers." This initiative aims to retain product research within the platform to support the advertising business.