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full-timeSenior Software Engineer, Home Experience
Reddit · Remote - United States
Reddit is a large-scale social platform defined by its vast network of communities centered on shared interests and authentic user interaction. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Home Experience team, you will focus on the core feed pages across the company's web and mobile platforms. This role involves managing the full development lifecycle of high-traffic features, from initial design and experimentation to final launch. You will collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to build intuitive user experiences while maintaining the backend architecture that supports millions of daily active users. The position requires a candidate with significant experience in user-facing applications who is comfortable working with product metrics, data analysis tools, and modern programming languages. You will be expected to mentor junior engineers, contribute to technical standards, and drive operational excellence through system observability. This role is well-suited for a self-directed engineer who thrives in ambiguous environments, possesses a strong intuition for user behavior, and is capable of navigating the complexities of a fully remote, cross-functional development team.
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com . The Home Experience team is responsible for one of the highest traffic pages on the platform: the Feed pages on the Reddit apps and website. Feeds are both a destination and entrypoint for almost all Reddit journeys, and we know a smooth, intuitive, and delightful experience is critical to Reddit’s success and appeal. You’ll be working with the immense scale of hundreds of millions of users to help them explore Reddit and provide them with excellent feeds on Reddit. What You’ll Do: Work cross-functionally, collaborate and partner with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to build novel products and features that our users will love. Work alongside a team of thoughtful, fast-moving, and motivated engineers. Contribute to standards that improve developer workflows, recommend best practices, and help mentor engineers on the team to grow their technical expertise. Own the full development cycle for major projects: design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch. You’ll be writing and reviewing code and design docs, giving feedback on product specs and mocks, and ensuring successful delivery of these key projects. You will be a key driver in the planning, development, and implementation across Reddit’s backend service architecture in service of our native mobile and web clients as part of a full stack team. Enable a culture of metrics led execution, with a focus on operational excellence and system observability. Partner with leadership and cross-functional partners to develop the right roadmap that best achieves our product and engineering goals. Who You Might Be: 6+ years of experience as a software engineer developing user-facing applications Fluency working with product metrics, designing and analyzing experiments with exposure to tools like BigQuery, HEX, Firebase, etc. Software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages; e.g. Python, Go, Swift, Kotlin, Rust, C# Experience leveraging GenAI tools to increase software engineering productivity. Experience working with ML engineering teams and integrating ML solutions is a plus. Strong organizational skills, the ability to breakdown and prioritize tasks for yourself and others while keeping projects on schedule. BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience. Strong focus on user experience and usability. You are an undying advocate for the user, and you have a deep intuition for how people think and how they interact with software. Experience with social is a huge plus. Entrepreneurial spirit. You must be self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action. You live to build new things and thrive in ambiguity. Excellent communication skills. You must be able to collaborate with teams in a fully remote environment, and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences. Benefits: Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs 401k with Employer Match Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support Family Planning Support Gender-Affirming Care Mental Health & Coaching Benefits Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off Generous Paid Parental Leave Pay Transparency: 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. The base salary range for this position is: $190,000 — $267,000 USD In select roles and locations, the interviews will be recorded, transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI). You will have the opportunity to opt out of recording, transcription and summarization pr
| Role | Senior Software Engineer, Home Experience |
|---|---|
| Company | |
| Location | Remote - United States |
| Compensation | Not disclosed |
| Posted | 2026-10-01 |
| Deadline | Rolling |
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