Senior Frontend Software Engineer, Home Experience

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 130 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; Work alongside a team of thoughtful, fast-moving, and motivated engineers, contributing to standards that improve developer workflows, recommending best practices, and mentoring engineers; Own the full development cycle for major projects including design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch, and write/review code and design docs; Be a key driver in the planning, development, and implementation of critical projects across Reddit's web architecture; 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

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 with experience with CSS; Strong organizational skills, the ability to breakdown 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, being an undying advocate for the user, and having a deep intuition for how people think and how they interact with software; Entrepreneurial spirit, being self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action in fast-paced environments, loving to build new things and thriving in ambiguity; Excellent communication skills, partnering effectively with teams in a fully remote environment and discussing complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences

Nice to have

Experience with social is a huge plus; 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, considerations and techniques to accommodate high RPS, complex pages is a major plus

Benefits

Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs; 401k with Employer Match; Global Benefit programs; Family Planning Support; Gender-Affirming Care; Mental Health & Coaching Benefits; Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off; Generous Paid Parental Leave; Equity in the form of restricted stock units; Commission (depending on position); Medical, dental, and vision insurance