Senior Frontend Engineer, Home Experience

Reddit

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$190,800–$267,100 / yr
Posted
3 days ago
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Confirmed live today

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $229k
$141k most similar roles pay here $281k

This role pays more than 82% of similar roles. Most pay $161,450–$222,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $229k versus about $192k for comparable roles.

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About Reddit

Reddit is a social news aggregation and discussion platform where users share content, vote on posts, and engage in community conversations across thousands of interest-based forums called subreddits.

Reddit currently has 78 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $217,000–$303,200 across 78 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Frontend Engineer, Home Experience

As a Senior Frontend Engineer, Home Experience, you will join the Feeds Experience team to develop high-traffic feed pages for both mobile apps and the website. You will own the full development cycle for major projects, including design, coding, testing, and analysis while collaborating with product, design, and backend engineering teams. Your daily work involves building novel features, improving developer workflows, mentoring teammates, and ensuring operational excellence through metrics-led execution. The role requires expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, ES6, CSS, and front-end frameworks like LIT, Polymer, React, Vue, or Angular. You will also navigate complex web architecture to manage high RPS and intricate pages. Preferred technical skills include GraphQL, REST, HTTP, and Thrift basics to build maintainable APIs for a large-scale social platform where user experience and usability are paramount.

What you'll do

  • Own the full development cycle for major projects including design, development, testing, experimentation, analysis, and launch.
  • Write and review code and design documents while providing feedback on product specifications and mocks.
  • Drive the planning, development, and implementation of critical projects across Reddit's web architecture.
  • Promote a culture of metrics-led execution with a focus on operational excellence and system observability.
  • Mentor engineers to grow their technical expertise and contribute to standards that improve developer workflows.
  • Partner with leadership and cross-functional teams to develop product and engineering roadmaps.
  • Build novel features for high-traffic feed pages using front-end technologies like JavaScript, TypeScript, and CSS.

What we're looking for

  • 6+ years of software development experience in front-end focused programming languages like JavaScript, TypeScript, or ES6.
  • Experience with front-end web frameworks such as LIT, Polymer, React, Vue, or Angular and CSS.
  • BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Strong organizational skills to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule.
  • Excellent communication skills for collaborating in a remote environment with both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Experience with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, Thrift basics, and designing maintainable APIs (preferred).
  • Understanding of large scale web applications and techniques to accommodate high RPS and complex pages (preferred).
  • Experience with social media platforms is a huge plus (preferred).

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