Reddit

Senior Software Engineer, Web Platform

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3 hours ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
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Base Salary

$191k - $267k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and evolve the Shreddit web platform architecture, performance, and developer tooling.
  • Lead end-to-end delivery of complex cross-service initiatives involving asset delivery, HTML processing, observability, and reliability.
  • Trace, profile, tune, monitor, and report the operational health of network calls, rendering, and data access paths.
  • Design, build, and maintain robust APIs using REST, GraphQL, gRPC, HTTP, or Thrift.
  • Conduct code reviews and design-document evaluations while providing constructive feedback on product specifications and UI mocks.
  • Establish developer workflows, champion engineering best practices, and mentor junior and mid-level engineers.
  • Implement AI workflows and tooling to accelerate web development, optimization, and debugging.

Requirements

  • Strong proficiency with JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and Next.js.
  • Experience translating complex problems into performant, scalable, safe, responsive, production-grade applications.
  • Experience tracing, profiling, tuning, monitoring, and reporting performance and operational health.
  • Experience designing, building, and maintaining robust APIs and understanding protocols including REST, GraphQL, gRPC, HTTP, or Thrift.
  • Experience implementing AI workflows and tooling for web development, optimization, and debugging.
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Benefits

  • Remote-friendly flexible-first workforce.
  • Comprehensive healthcare benefits and income replacement programs.
  • 401(k) with employer match.
  • Global benefits supporting workspace, professional development, and caregiving.
  • Family planning support and gender-affirming care.
  • Mental health and coaching benefits.
  • Flexible vacation and paid volunteer time off.
  • Generous paid parental leave.

Tech Stack

GraphQLgRPCJavaScriptNext.jsReactTypeScript
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About Reddit

5,001-10,000 employees

Reddit builds a social news and discussion platform organized into user-created forums (“subreddits”) for consumers, creators, and communities. It monetizes primarily through advertising tools for brands and self-serve advertisers, plus a Premium subscription; developers can access data via its API. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in San Francisco, Reddit became a public company on the NYSE in 2024 and hosts over 100,000 active communities.

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