About The Role

Join Reddit as a Senior Staff Software Engineer (Client Architecture) and lead the architectural overhaul of our post and comment composers across all platforms. You will define the multi-year technical vision for content creation on Reddit, focusing on modernization and new contribution formats, particularly video creation and editing. You will also serve as the technical anchor for the Contribution engineering team and influence the broader Content Ecosystem organization.

Lead the architectural overhaul of post and comment composers across all platforms, focusing on modernization and new contribution formats.
Define and execute the organization-wide client architecture strategy to support seamless video creation, editing, and uploading directly within shared composers.
Serve as the technical anchor for the Contribution engineering team, translating complex product requirements into actionable technical roadmaps and driving alignment across platforms.
Client Architecture Expertise: Deep mastery of modern web architecture (e.g., React, TypeScript, advanced state management) with strong architectural command of native mobile paradigms (iOS/Swift, Android/Kotlin) to define unified client APIs and lead cross-platform engineering standards
10+ years of professional software engineering experience with a proven track record as a Senior Staff Engineer or Principal Engineer on consumer-facing mobile or web client applications
Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. Ability to influence VP-level technical direction and navigate strict tradeoffs between performance, reliability, and business impact without directly managing the engineers involved
Domain Expertise: Demonstrated track record of solving hard client-side performance and rendering bottlenecks at scale, building highly interactive features such as zero-latency rich-text editors, asynchronous media processing pipelines, or real-time state synchronization systems
Demonstrated ability to lead large, cross-functional engineering initiatives that balance technical excellence with aggressive growth targets

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