Senior Frontend Software Engineer, Home Experience

Reddit, Inc. is a community-driven platform that hosts authentic conversations on the internet. They are seeking a Senior Frontend Software Engineer to work on the Feeds Experience team, responsible for enhancing user interactions and ensuring a smooth experience on the platform. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop and implement key projects, focusing on user experience and operational excellence.

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. 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 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