Senior Frontend Software Engineer, Home Experience

Reddit is a community of communities that fosters open and authentic conversations on the internet. The Senior Frontend Software Engineer will work on the Feeds Experience team, responsible for enhancing user engagement by developing and implementing features that improve the Feed pages on Reddit's apps and website.

Responsibilities:

• 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

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. You are an undying advocate for the user, and you have a deep intuition for how people think and how they interact with software
• Entrepreneurial spirit. You are self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action in fast-paced environments
• 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
• Experience with social is a huge plus