Join Reddit as a Front End Software Engineer to build and scale user-facing products in a fully remote environment.
Posted by employer 1 month ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 month ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Partner closely with Product Management and Design
- Own the full software lifecycle for major product initiatives
- Design, build, and evaluate A/B experiments
- Build and maintain scalable APIs
- Establish engineering best practices
Must have
- 5+ years of hands-on backend development experience
- Proficiency in one or more front end focused programming languages
Nice to have
- Experience with AI-assisted engineering tools
AI in the day-to-day
Use modern, AI-integrated tools to ship high-quality products efficiently.
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Front End Software Engineer at Reddit will focus on developing and optimizing user-facing features that enhance community engagement and content discovery. The position requires proficiency in JavaScript and experience with modern frameworks like React or Vue, alongside a strong understanding of API performance and data-driven decision-making. Ideal candidates will have over five years of backend development experience and a collaborative mindset, suited for a fast-paced, cross-functional environment. Reddit's Consumer Engineering team emphasizes user-centric design and experimentation, making it a fitting place for those who thrive on innovation.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze September 18, 2026. Last confirmed on Reddit's careers page November 1, 2026.
- Salary band is in line with the typical range for Frontend roles (median ~$180,000).
- Starts above 65% of 20 comparable mid frontend roles in United States that list React we track (median $155,000 across 16 companies). See React salary trends
- React appears in 80.5% of 41 comparable mid frontend roles in United States; REST appears in 2.4% of 41 comparable mid frontend roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Front End Software Engineer, Consumer Engineering role remote?
- Yes — Reddit lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Reddit lists $164,200–$229,900 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Front End Software Engineer, Consumer Engineering role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Angular, CSS, GraphQL, JavaScript, Lit, Polymer.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Reddit targets mid-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Front End Software Engineer, Consumer Engineering role at Reddit.
From the original posting
The Reddit Consumer Engineering organization builds and scales the products that Redditors use directly to discover content, participate in communities, and connect with others. Sitting at the intersection of large-scale distributed systems and core user journeys, Product Backend Engineers in Consumer Engineering partner directly with Product Managers, Designers, Data Scientists, ML Engineers, and Frontend Engineers to build, experiment with, and scale features that power how hundreds of millions of users discover, join, navigate, and engage with Reddit.
This centralized role hires across several high-impact consumer teams, including:
- Core Product & Feeds: Home Experience, Recommendations & Content Discovery, Contribution
- Community & Presence: Reddit Pro, Youth Experience & Teen Safety, Creator Tools
- Growth & Engagement: Authentication, Notifications, Social Sharing, SEO, Onboarding.
- Monetization & Conversion: Paid User Acquisition, Conversion Funnel Optimization
- Identity & Security: Account Management, Trust & Safety
What You’ll Do
- Product & Engineering Execution: Partner closely with cross-functional partners in product, design, and platform engineering to execute on product strategy and build novel, user-centric media features.
- Full-Lifecycle Development: Drive the complete development lifecycle—from technical design and architectural proposals to implementation, unit/integration testing, experimentation, performance analysis, and deployment.
- Quality & Velocity: Move fast while maintaining high quality standards through thorough code reviews, detailed design doc evaluations, and constructive feedback on product specs and UI mocks.
- Mentorship & Engineering Standards: Help establish developer workflows, champion best practices, and mentor junior and mid-level engineers to elevate technical excellence across the team.
Who You Are
- Product-Minded Engineer: You bridge the gap between technical metrics and user experience, understanding how low-level optimizations impact real-world user engagement and product quality.
- Pragmatic Builder: You strike the right balance between rapid iteration and architectural rigor, delivering scalable solutions without getting bogged down by unnecessary processes.
- Effective Collaborator: You excel in communicating complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Continuous Learner: You have a deep curiosity for emerging technologies and actively keep up with modern industry trends, standards, and performance optimizations.
Technical Qualifications
- Frontend Expertise: Strong proficiency in modern web stacks, including JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and Next.js, with a proven track record of translating complex designs into responsive, production-grade applications.
- API & System Design: Demonstrated experience designing, building, and maintaining robust APIs using protocols such as REST, GraphQL, gRPC, HTTP, or Thrift basics.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
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
Pay Transparency:
In select roles and locations, the interviews will be recorded, transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI). You will have the opportunity to opt out of recording, transcription and summarization prior to any scheduled interviews.
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