Senior Web Engineer, Reddit

Web Platform

$190.8-267.1k

In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units

React

TypeScript

HTML

JavaScript

Node.js

Vue.js

Angular 14+

Senior and Expert level

Remote from US

Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions

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Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions

1001+ employees

B2CB2BPublishingContentSocial MediaCommunity

Be an early applicant

$190.8-267.1k

In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units

React

TypeScript

HTML

JavaScript

Node.js

Vue.js

Angular 14+

Senior and Expert level

Remote from US

1001+ employees

B2CB2BPublishingContentSocial MediaCommunity

Company mission

To empower communities, and make their knowledge accessible to all.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

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

What the job involves

As a Senior Web Engineer on the Web Platform team, you’ll lead the development of Shreddit, the heart of reddit.com, with a focus on platform architecture, performance, operational health, and developer experience. You’ll turn ambiguous platform problems into clear designs and ship high‑quality, observable, well‑tested solutions that other teams rely on every day
You’ll work on high‑impact platform projects like optimizing Shreddit's bundling and delivery of assets, evolving our html rendering orchestration layer to provide a top-of-the-line experience for our users world-wide, and our web platform infrastructure's resiliency and scalability
You will also drive developer-experience improvements such as improving our CI/CD pipelines, providing easy-to-use developer patterns so that product teams can ship fast, safe and performant features on Shreddit
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

Our take

Reddits is an online platform that hosts thousands of message board communities (known as subreddits) designed to foster authentic human connection. With more than 100,000 communities covering everything from food, entertainment, and sports to niche interests for highly specific audiences, there's virtually a space for everyone.

The platform attracts over 52M daily users and more than 50B monthly page views. While these figures are smaller than those of social media giants like Facebook and X, Reddits stands out by offering easily discoverable communities where users can dive deep into virtually any topic imaginable.

Today, Reddit continues to grow its user base and expand its reach, remaining a unique hub for conversation,m connection, and shared interests. With its strong community-driven model and steady revenue streams, it's most definitely positioned to stay a central part of online culture for years to come.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

57% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.7)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Aug 2021

$410m

SERIES F

Feb 2021

$250m

SERIES E

Total funding: $1.2bn

Company benefits

Comprehensive health benefits
Flexible vacation & Reddit global days off
Family planning funds & 4+ months paid parental leave
Personal & professional development funds
Paid volunteer time off
Workspace & home office benefits

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Steve Huffman

(Co-Founder & CEO)

After co-founding Reddit in 2005, they stepped away from the company to co-found Hipmunk, where they were the CTO for 5 years. They returned to Reddit in 2015, and have been the CEO since.

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