Front End Software Engineer, Consumer Engineering at Reddit

Role overview

Reddit Consumer Engineering builds and scales products people use to discover content, participate in communities and connect. This frontend product-engineering role spans core feeds, community tools, growth, monetisation, identity and safety.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product, design, data science and iOS/Android/web engineers to translate user needs into reliable, low-latency solutions.
• Own the software lifecycle from design documents and API contracts through development, testing, rollout and observability.
• Design and evaluate A/B experiments and analyse behaviour, conversion funnels and retention.
• Build scalable GraphQL, REST or gRPC APIs and distributed services optimised for client and UI performance.
• Establish engineering practices, improve developer workflows, mentor teammates and use modern AI-integrated tools.

Qualifications

• At least five years of hands-on backend or product-engineering experience with large-scale distributed systems.
• Strong frontend or full-stack skills and experience building consumer web products.
• Comfort with experimentation, metrics and tools such as BigQuery, HEX or Firebase.
• User-centred product judgement, strong API and performance fundamentals and excellent communication.
• Ability to collaborate across teams and operate services in high-concurrency environments.

Technology in this role

• JavaScript: JavaScript TypeScript React .
• TypeScript: JavaScript TypeScript React .
• React: JavaScript TypeScript React .
• Angular: JavaScript TypeScript React .
• GraphQL: Build scalable GraphQL, REST or gRPC APIs and distributed services optimised for client and UI .
• gRPC: Build scalable GraphQL, REST or gRPC APIs and distributed services optimised for client and UI .
• Android: Partner with product, design, data science and iOS/Android/web engineers to translate user needs into reliable, low-latency .
• iOS: Partner with product, design, data science and iOS/Android/web engineers to translate user needs into reliable, low-latency .
• BigQuery: Comfort with experimentation, metrics and tools such as BigQuery, HEX or .

Role-specific candidate guide

Preparation notes based on the employer’s stated responsibilities and qualifications.

Understanding the scope. This Front End Software Engineer, Consumer Engineering position at Reddit is best assessed through the work described in the employer’s posting, rather than the title alone. The available role overview says: “Reddit Consumer Engineering builds and scales products people use to discover content, participate in communities and connect. This frontend product-engineering role spans core feeds, community tools, growth,…” Read that statement together with the responsibilities below to understand the likely balance between delivery, coordination and technical decision-making. The role belongs to the software engineering area, but that label is only a guide to the work; the employer’s own requirements remain decisive. Before applying, check the original listing for reporting lines, product or team assignment, employment terms and any details that may have changed since this copy was checked. Where this page says a fact is not specified, treat it as an open question rather.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
• Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
• Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
• Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
• This job posting may span more than one career level.
• In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/ .
• To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base salary ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.
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About Reddit

Reddit is a community platform. Consumer Engineering builds products for feeds, discovery, communities, growth, identity, safety and monetisation.

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