Join Reddit as a Senior Frontend Engineer to enhance user experience on one of the highest traffic pages with a fully remote team.
Posted by employer 21 hours ago
First seen on Joblaze 16 hours ago
Last verified on the company career page 16 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Collaborate with product and design teams
- Contribute to developer workflows
- Own the full development cycle for major projects
- Plan and implement critical projects
- Enable metrics led execution
Must have
- 6+ years of software development experience
- Experience with front end programming languages
- Experience with front-end web frameworks
- Strong organizational skills
- BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent
Nice to have
- Experience with social platforms
- Experience with GraphQL, REST, HTTP
- Understanding of large scale web applications
Requirements
- Experience
- 6+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Senior Frontend Engineer will focus on enhancing the user experience of Reddit's high-traffic Feed pages by collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop and implement new features. Proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, and modern front-end frameworks like React or Vue is essential, along with a strong understanding of user experience principles. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with over six years of experience who thrive in fast-paced environments and possess excellent communication skills. The Feeds Experience team is integral to Reddit's platform, emphasizing a culture of metrics-driven execution.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today on Joblaze — tracked directly from Reddit's career page.
- Reddit has 168 other open roles including Director, Revenue Strategy & Operations (Large Customer Sales), Backend Engineer, IAM, Director, Revenue Strategy & Operations (Large Customer Sales).
- 1942 active TypeScript roles on Joblaze right now.
- 1513 active React roles on Joblaze right now.
- 1101 active JavaScript roles on Joblaze right now.
- Salary band is in line with the typical range for Frontend roles (median ~$180,000).
- Pays more than 68% of the 801 salaried TypeScript roles we track (median $172,000). See TypeScript salary trends
Quick facts
- Is the Senior Frontend Engineer, Home Experience role remote?
- Yes — Reddit lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Reddit lists $190,800–$267,100 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 6 years of relevant experience for this Senior Frontend Engineer, Home Experience role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Angular, CSS, GraphQL, JavaScript, REST, React.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Reddit targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Frontend Engineer, Home Experience role at Reddit.
From the original posting
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 entrypoint 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.
What You’ll Do:
- Work cross-functionally, collaborate and partner with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to build novel products and features that our 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. You’ll be writing and reviewing code and design docs, giving feedback on product specs and mocks, and ensuring successful delivery of these key projects.
- You will 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 our product and engineering goals.
Who You Might Be:
- 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. You are an undying advocate for the user, and you have a deep intuition for how people think and how they interact with software. Experience with social is a huge plus.
- Entrepreneurial spirit. You are self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action in fast-paced environments. You love to build new things and thrive in ambiguity.
- Excellent communication skills. You partner effectively with teams 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, 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 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:
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