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Senior Web Engineer, Web Platform

Frontend EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 501-1,000Since 2005H1B No SponsorCompany Site LinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

20 days ago

Salary

$190.8K - $267.1K / year

6 yrs expEnglishAngularJava ScriptNode.jsReactType ScriptVue.jsWebpack

Job Description

• Build with impact: Design and evolve the Shreddit web platform’s architecture, performance, and developer tooling that powers reddit.com for hundreds of millions of users across the world. • Own the web stack: Lead end‑to‑end delivery of complex, cross‑service initiatives in areas like asset delivery, html processing, observability and reliability for core web experiences. • Collaborate broadly: Partner with feature teams, infrastructure, safety, security and other platform teams to make Reddit’s web experience fast, stable, and accessible worldwide. • Multiply others: Mentor and coach other engineers through design reviews, pairing, and documentation, raising the bar for web engineering across Reddit. • Shape the platform: Be a thought partner in our web platform strategy, informing our roadmap for performance as a feature, observability, and developer experience.

Job Requirements

6+ years software engineering experience, with experience in working cross-functionally to lead projects from start to finish with end user impact.
Deep experience with modern web platform engineering:
TypeScript/JavaScript, Node.js, bundlers (e.g., Vite, Rollup, Webpack), and Node performance observability tools.
Experience with one or more front-end web frameworks such as React, Vue or Angular or Lit.
A past track record of quality:
Enabling testing culture (unit/integration tests, local/automated testing, load and performance testing)
Improving resiliency and fault tolerance of systems
Profiling and tuning performance of network calls, rendering, or data access paths.
You embody Reddit’s core value of Evolve: Only by continually improving and learning will we succeed.
You treat ambiguity and hard problems as learning opportunities, seek feedback, and continuously improve your craft and our platform.