Front End Software Engineer, Consumer Engineering
Reddit · Remote - United States
About this role
**Reddit Consumer Engineering — Front End Software Engineer (Consumer Engineering)** Reddit is a community of communities—built on shared interests, passion, and trust. With 100,000+ active communities and ~130M daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. The **Reddit Consumer Engineering** organization builds and scales the products Redditors use to discover content, participate in communities, and connect with others. You’ll work at the intersection of large-scale distributed systems and core user journeys, partnering with Product Managers, Designers, Data Scientists, ML Engineers, and Frontend Engineers to build, experiment with, and scale features for hundreds of millions of users. **High-impact teams you may support include:** - **Core Product & Feeds:** Home Experience, Recommendations & Content Discovery, Content Contribution - **Community & Presence:** Reddit Pro, Youth Experience & Teen Safety, Creator Tools - **Growth & Engagement:** Authentication, Notifications, Social Sharing, SEO, Onboarding - **Monetization & Conversion:** Paid User Acquisition, Conversion Funnel Optimization - **Identity & Security:** Account Management, Trust & Safety ## What You’ll Do - **Cross-Functional Product Architecture:** Partner with PM, Design, Data Science, and Client Engineers (iOS/Android/Web) to translate business and user needs into reliable, low-latency solutions. - **End-to-End Delivery:** Own the full software lifecycle—from technical design docs and API contracts to development, testing, rollout, and observability. - **Metrics & Experimentation-Led Engineering:** Design, build, and evaluate A/B experiments; use tools like BigQuery, HEX, or Firebase to analyze behavior, conversion funnels, and retention. - **API & System Performance:** Build and maintain scalable APIs (GraphQL, REST, gRPC) and distributed backend services optimized for client consumption and UI performance. - **Technical Rigor & Modern Tooling:** Establish best practices, improve developer workflows, mentor teammates, and use modern AI-integrated tools to ship high-quality products. ## Who You Are - **User-Centric Mindset:** You care about *why* features are built and their impact on end users. - **Data-Informed & Hypothesis-Driven:** Comfortable designing experiments and iterating based on real-time feedback. - **Technical Rigor at Scale:** 5+ years of hands-on backend development experience building and operating large-scale distributed serving systems in high-concurrency environments. - **Bias for Action:** Self-directed and comfortable navigating ambiguity while balancing velocity with reliability. - **Collaborative Communicator:** Strong communication skills and experience driving cross-functional alignment in remote or hybrid environments. ## Technical Qualifications - **Languages:** Proficiency in one or more front-end focused languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, ES6 - **Frameworks:** Experience with one or more front-end web frameworks such as Lit, Polymer, React, Vue, or Angular (with CSS experience) - **Modern Workflows:** Interest in using AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate development ## Benefits - Comprehensive healthcare benefits and income replacement programs - 401k with employer match - Global benefit programs (workspace, professional development, caregiving support) - Family planning support - Gender-affirming care - Mental health & coaching benefits - Flexible vacation and paid volunteer
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