Senior Web Engineer, Web Platform

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.

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.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Health benefits • 401k Matching • Workspace benefits for your home office • Personal & Professional development funds • Family Planning Support • Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days Off • 4+ months paid Parental Leave • Paid Volunteer time off

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