Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Reddit is a community-driven platform built around shared interests, conversations, and trust. The Senior Frontend Software Engineer will build and scale consumer products, partnering cross-functionally to deliver reliable, low-latency experiences, APIs, experiments, and scalable features for Reddit users.
Responsibilities
- **Cross-Functional Product Architecture:** Partner closely with Product Management, Product Design, Data Science, and Client Engineers (iOS/Android/Web) to translate business and user needs into reliable, low-latency technical solutions
- **End-to-End Delivery:** Own the full software lifecycle for major product initiatives from technical design docs and API contracts to development, testing, rollout, and observability
- **Metrics & Experimentation-Led Engineering:** Design, build, and evaluate A/B experiments. Work with tools like BigQuery, HEX, or Firebase to analyze user behavior, conversion funnels, and retention loops to make data-backed engineering decisions
- **API & System Performance:** Build and maintain scalable APIs (GraphQL, REST, gRPC) and distributed backend services optimized for client consumption and consumer UI performance
- **Technical Rigor & Modern Tooling:** Establish engineering best practices, improve developer workflows, mentor teammates, and use modern, AI-integrated tools to ship high-quality products efficiently
Skills
- * **User-Centric Mindset:** An advocate for the user with an intuitive feel for product usability, interaction design, social dynamics, and user growth loops. You care deeply about *why* a feature is being built and its impact on the end user
- * **Data-Informed & Hypothesis-Driven:** Comfortable working alongside Data Scientists and PMs to design experiments, establish core performance metrics, and iterate quickly based on real-time feedback
- * **Technical Rigor at Scale:** 5+ years of hands-on backend development experience building and operating large-scale distributed serving systems in high-concurrency environments
- * **Bias for Action:** Self-directed, innovative, and comfortable navigating ambiguity in fast-paced product environments where balancing velocity with system reliability is essential
- * **Collaborative Communicator:** Outstanding communication skills with a track record of driving cross-functional alignment in fully remote or hybrid team environments
- * 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
- * Modern Workflows: Experience or interest in using AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate development workflows
- * Experience with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, Thrift basics, and the ability to design and implement maintainable APIs is a plus
Benefits
- Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
- 401k 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
- Equity in the form of restricted stock units
- Depending on the position offered, eligibility to receive a commission
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) program with employer match
- Generous time off for vacation and parental leave
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