Senior Frontend Engineer, Media

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Senior Frontend Engineer, Media in USA

Reddit
Full time
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USA
08/27/2026
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Remote

Responsibilities

Design and implement frontend and backend solutions for Reddit’s web media player and its supporting APIs.
Contribute to the full development lifecycle, including technical design, development, testing, experimentation, analysis, and launch.
Collaborate with product, design, client engineering, and platform engineering teams to deliver media features and improve global performance.
Review code and design documents, provide feedback on product specifications and mocks, and establish developer workflow best practices.
Mentor junior engineers and help grow their technical expertise.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
At least five years of hands-on professional software development experience in one or more general-purpose programming languages, including Go, Python, Ruby, Java, or C++.
Strong proficiency with JavaScript, React, Next.js, and TypeScript, including translating complex UI/UX designs into scalable web applications.
Experience designing and implementing maintainable APIs using GraphQL, REST, HTTP, gRPC, and basic Thrift.
Strong organizational, prioritization, delivery, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Preferred familiarity with HTTP Live Streaming, MPEG-DASH, MP4, H.264, H.265/HEVC, VP9, AV1, background data fetching, and media streaming metrics such as QoE and buffering rates.

Benefits

Comprehensive healthcare benefits and income replacement programs.
401(k) with employer match.
Global benefits supporting workspace, professional development, caregiving, family planning, gender-affirming care, and mental health and coaching.
Flexible vacation, paid volunteer time off, and generous paid parental leave.
Fully remote collaboration environment.
U.S.-based employees receive medical, dental, and vision insurance and other applicable benefits.

Salary: $190k - $267k/yr

Reddit is a network of communities where people can delve into their interests, hobbies, and passions. There's a community for whatever you're interested in. You can post – the community can share content by posting stories, links, images and videos. You can comment on posts. You can vote – comme...

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