Reddit

Actively Hiring

Senior Software Engineer

United States

Full-time

Role Overview

The Web Platform team leads the development of the Shreddit platform, focusing on platform-wide architecture, performance optimizations, operational health, and web developer experience.

About Reddit

Reddit is a community of communities built on shared interests, passion, and trust, featuring 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors.

Key Responsibilities

Design and evolve the Shreddit web platform's architecture, performance, and developer tooling
Lead end-to-end delivery of complex, cross-service initiatives in areas like asset delivery, html processing, observability and reliability
Maintain high quality standards through thorough code reviews and detailed design doc evaluations
Establish developer workflows, champion best practices, and mentor junior and mid-level engineers

Requirements & Eligibility

Strong proficiency in modern web stacks including JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and Next.js
Experience tracing, profiling and tuning performance of network calls, rendering, or data access paths
Experience implementing AI workflows and tooling to support and accelerate web development
Demonstrated experience designing, building, and maintaining robust APIs using REST, GraphQL, gRPC, HTTP, or Thrift
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience

Required Skills & Tech

JavaScriptTypeScriptReactNext.jsRESTGraphQLgRPCHTML