RedditRE

Staff Frontend Engineer (Internal Applications)

"The front page of the internet,” Reddit brings over 430 million people together each month through their common interests, inviting them to share, vote, comment, and create across thousands of communities.

Reddit

Employee count: 501-1000

Salary: 217k-304k USD

United States only
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 101M+ daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit redditinc.com.

Who we are:

The Technical Program Management Office (Tech PMO) exists to accelerate, scale, and empower all teams at Reddit to do their best work and advance our company’s mission. We operate from within the office of the CTO, maximizing our ability to galvanize and drive technical programs, processes and solutions to solve company-wide problems.

What you’ll do:

As a Staff Frontend Engineer in the PMO, you’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to create a seamless and scalable internal tool development experience. You’ll design and manage a scalable, reusable component library using LitElement and TypeScript, ensuring seamless integration with internal backend services (REST, gRPC, etc.). This role requires balancing technical leadership, cross-team collaboration, and hands-on development to empower engineers and improve productivity.

1. Framework Component Architecture
Design and implement a unified LitElement-based component library for internal tools, prioritizing reusability, accessibility, and performance.
Establish coding standards, documentation, and contribution workflows for cross-team adoption.
Optimize build pipelines (e.g., Webpack, Vite) for tree-shaking, testing, and versioning.

2. Backend Integration
Create frontend patterns for consuming REST APIs, Protobuf schemas, and WebSocket streams.
Collaborate with backend teams to define API contracts, error-handling standards, and authentication flows (OAuth2, JWT).
Implement shared TypeScript types/interfaces for API responses to reduce integration friction.

3. Developer Experience
Build CLI tools or templates to scaffold new internal apps with preconfigured state management, routing, and API layers.
Mentor engineers on LitElement best practices, custom element lifecycle, and reactive programming.
Conduct code reviews and architectural audits to enforce consistency.

4. Performance Scalability
Profile and optimize rendering performance (e.g., lazy loading, memoization, pagination) for data-heavy internal tools.
Design a theming system with CSS custom properties and shadow DOM encapsulation.

Role Requirements:

  • 7+ years in front-end development, with 3+ years specializing in web components (LitElement/Lit, Svelte, etc.).
  • Mastery of TypeScript, including advanced type utilities and monorepo workflows.
  • Proven experience building internal tools/frameworks.
  • Deep knowledge of backend integration patterns: REST, gRPC/Protobuf, OpenAPI specs, and BFF architectures.
  • Expertise in build tooling (Rollup, esbuild), testing (Web Test Runner), and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Strong communication skills to align stakeholders across engineering, product, and DevOps.

Highly-Preferred Qualifications:

  • Contributions to open-source web component libraries.
  • Familiarity with WebAssembly for performance-critical tooling modules.
  • Knowledge of backend languages (Go, Python) to prototype integration layers.
  • Experience with AI tools that maximize productivity

This role is 100% remote, and only open to candidates currently located in the United States.

Benefits:

  • Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
  • 401k Match
  • Family Planning Support
  • Gender-Affirming Care
  • Mental Health Coaching Benefits
  • Flexible Vacation Reddit Global Days off
  • Generous paid Parental Leave
  • Paid Volunteer time off

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 pay 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 pay range for this position is:
$217,000$303,900 USD

Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve. Reddit is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at ApplicationAssistance@Reddit.com.

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"The front page of the internet,” Reddit brings over 430 million people together each month through their common interests, inviting them to share, vote, comment, and create across thousands of communities. Come for the cats, stay for the empathy.

Founded by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian in 2005, Reddit is an online community where users submit, vote, and comment on content, news, and discussions. Nicknamed "the front page of the internet,"​ Reddit is one of the top ten sites in the United States (source: Alexa) with 130k+ communities and 430M+ users each month on desktop, mobile web, and our official Android/iOS apps.

Reddit is home to thousands of communities, endless conversation, and authentic human connection. Whether you're into breaking news, sports, TV fan theories, or a never-ending stream of the internet's cutest animals, there's a community on Reddit for you.

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