Reddit

Social Media

SeniorFrontendEngineer,CommunityBuilders

$190–267k San Francisco, California, United States
The Brief

“Senior Frontend Engineer, Community Builders at Reddit. Skills: Frontend development, Javascript, Typescript, Web frameworks. Design user facing product features. Develop user facing product features”

What You'll Achieve.

bridge the gap from a user's initial intent to a thriving community; creating joyful, low-effort, and modern experiences; empower builders to successfully navigate the journey of their subreddit's life; deliver high-quality products; ensure our systems are scalable; ensure our systems are reliable; serve community builder needs

Industry & Context.

Social Media
Problems you'll solve

tackling complex challenges; navigate failure

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

6+ years of software development experience, Javascript, Typescript, ES6, CSS, Ability to take end-to-end ownership of projects, A passion for learning and adapting to new technologies, communication and collaboration skills, work effectively with diverse stakeholders, Entrepreneurial spirit, self-directed, innovative, biased towards action, thrive in ambiguity, easily navigate failure

Nice to Have

Experience with one or more front-end web frameworks such as LIT, Polymer, React, Vue, or Angular, Experience with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, Thrift basics, design and implement maintainable APIs

What You'll Do.

Design user facing product features

Develop user facing product features

Maintain user facing product features

Contribute to full development cycle

give feedback on product specs

give feedback on mocks

improve developer workflows

recommend best practices

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work collaboratively with product managers; Work collaboratively with designers; Work collaboratively with data scientists; Work collaboratively with other engineers; work effectively with diverse stakeholders

Communication Scope

communication skills; collaboration skills

Process & Methodology

take end-to-end ownership of projects

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