Senior Frontend Software Engineer, Home Experience

Details

Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 121 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information.

The Feeds Experience team is responsible for one of the highest traffic pages on the platform: the Feed pages on the Reddit apps and website. Feeds are both a destination and entry point for almost all Reddit journeys, and we know a smooth, intuitive, and delightful experience is critical to Reddit’s success and appeal. You’ll be working with the immense scale of hundreds of millions of users to help them explore Reddit and provide them with excellent feeds on Reddit.

Responsibilities

• Work cross-functionally, collaborate and partner with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to build novel products and features that users will love.
• Work alongside a team of thoughtful, fast-moving, and motivated engineers. Contribute to standards that improve developer workflows, recommend best practices, and help mentor engineers on the team to grow their technical expertise.
• Own the full development cycle for major projects: design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch. Write and review code and design docs, give feedback on product specs and mocks, and ensure successful delivery of these key projects.
• Be a key driver in the planning, development, and implementation of critical projects across Reddit’s web architecture, working alongside backend and other client engineers.
• Enable a culture of metrics-led execution, with a focus on operational excellence and system observability.
• Partner with leadership and cross-functional partners to develop the right roadmap that best achieves product and engineering goals.

Requirements

• 6+ years of software development experience in one or more front-end focused programming languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, ES6.
• Experience with one or more front-end web frameworks such as LIT, Polymer, React, Vue, or Angular, and experience with CSS.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to break down and prioritize tasks for yourself and others while keeping projects on schedule.
• BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong focus on user experience and usability; an advocate for the user with intuition for how people think and interact with software. Experience with social is a plus.
• Entrepreneurial spirit: self-directed, innovative, biased toward action in fast-paced environments, and comfortable with ambiguity.
• Excellent communication skills; able to partner effectively in a fully remote environment and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, Thrift basics, and the ability to design and implement maintainable APIs is a plus.
• Understanding of large-scale web applications, and techniques to accommodate high RPS and complex pages is a major plus.

Benefits

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

Compensation

• Base salary range (U.S.): $190,800 - $267,100 USD
• Role is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units and may be eligible to receive a commission depending on the position offered.

Additional Notes

• This position is remote within the United States. Interviews in select roles/locations may be recorded, transcribed and summarized by AI; candidates can opt out prior to scheduled interviews.
• Reddit is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans during the interview process.