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Compliance Javascript (must) Scheduling Marketing
What this posting asks for
Level: Senior — The title says "Senior".
Main responsibilities
- Develop resilient frontend approaches to reduce ad disruptions, drawing on deep knowledge of JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, the DOM, and browser networking.
- Partner with Ads and Web Platform teams to integrate solutions into shared rendering infrastructure, frontend architecture, and build systems.
- Design controlled experiments and phased rollouts to measure effectiveness while protecting site performance, accessibility, and user experience.
- Build instrumentation and monitoring to track mitigation effectiveness, detect regressions, and guide iteration.
- Implement ad rendering, event collection, click handling, browser extensions across multiple Ad formats.
- Contribute to broader foundational improvements in web advertising reliability, performance, and measurement.
- Raise engineering quality through thoughtful technical design, testing, code reviews, documentation, and mentorship.
- 5+ years of experience building production web applications with JavaScript, TypeScript, and/or React.
- Comfort using Codex, Cursor, Claude, or comparable agentic coding tools in day-to-day software development.
- A track record of independently delivering complex frontend projects from technical design through launch and iteration.
Competencies an interviewer will look for
- Technical skill Core
In the posting: “We’re looking for a senior frontend engineer with deep JavaScript, TypeScript, and browser platform expertise to help strengthen Reddit’s advertising experie…” · “You will partner with product and design to work through ambiguous requirements and make sound product and engineering tradeoffs.” · “Develop resilient frontend approaches to reduce ad disruptions, drawing on deep knowledge of JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, the DOM, and browser networking.”
Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off. - Communication Core
In the posting: “Raise engineering quality through thoughtful technical design, testing, code reviews, documentation, and mentorship.” · “Strong communication and collaboration skills across engineering, product, design, and data disciplines.” · “A habit of improving engineering quality through code reviews, documentation, and technical mentorship.”
Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech. - Teamwork and collaboration Core
In the posting: “You will partner with product and design to work through ambiguous requirements and make sound product and engineering tradeoffs.” · “You’ll work closely with Ads and Web Platform engineers to solve complex frontend challenges while maintaining site performance, accessibility, and a dependa…” · “Partner with Ads and Web Platform teams to integrate solutions into shared rendering infrastructure, frontend architecture, and build systems.”
Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled. - Ownership and accountability Core
In the posting: “The team supports the end-to-end user ad experience, including media rendering, click behavior, special click variants like lead gen, and the UI details that…” · “A track record of independently delivering complex frontend projects from technical design through launch and iteration.” · “We will use this information to evaluate your application for employment or an independent contractor role, as applicable.”
Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it. - Leadership and mentoring Core
In the posting: “Raise engineering quality through thoughtful technical design, testing, code reviews, documentation, and mentorship.” · “A habit of improving engineering quality through code reviews, documentation, and technical mentorship.” · “Mental Health & Coaching Benefits”
Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them. - Customer focus Core
In the posting: “The team supports the end-to-end user ad experience, including media rendering, click behavior, special click variants like lead gen, and the UI details that…” · “You’ll work closely with Ads and Web Platform engineers to solve complex frontend challenges while maintaining site performance, accessibility, and a dependa…” · “Design controlled experiments and phased rollouts to measure effectiveness while protecting site performance, accessibility, and user experience.”
Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company. - Data and analysis Core
In the posting: “We are responsible for modernizing core formats infrastructure, standardized format data, drive cross-platform consistency and compliance for ad formats to r…” · “Strong communication and collaboration skills across engineering, product, design, and data disciplines.” · “Experience using instrumentation, experimentation, or product metrics to understand and improve user experiences.”
Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it. - Adaptability and learning Core
In the posting: “You will partner with product and design to work through ambiguous requirements and make sound product and engineering tradeoffs.” · “This role is a strong fit for someone who enjoys browser-level problem solving, navigating ambiguity, and building maintainable systems with measurable impact.” · “Ability to work effectively through ambiguous product and technical problems.”
Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted. - Attention to detail and quality Core
In the posting: “We are responsible for modernizing core formats infrastructure, standardized format data, drive cross-platform consistency and compliance for ad formats to r…” · “Our goal is to continuously improve ad formats infrastructure, with a focus on increasing developer efficiency and system reliability through tech stack mode…” · “Raise engineering quality through thoughtful technical design, testing, code reviews, documentation, and mentorship.”
Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used. - Problem solving Core
In the posting: “You’ll work closely with Ads and Web Platform engineers to solve complex frontend challenges while maintaining site performance, accessibility, and a dependa…” · “This role is a strong fit for someone who enjoys browser-level problem solving, navigating ambiguity, and building maintainable systems with measurable impact.”
Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix. - Planning and organisation Core
In the posting: “Family Planning Support” · “You will have the opportunity to opt out of recording, transcription and summarization prior to any scheduled interviews.”
Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how.
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Practice questions
- Tell me about yourself. Dedicated step-by-step practice.
- If an interviewer asks something improper How to respond to questions about age, family, origin or health.
- Built from this posting (7):
- Walk me through a piece of work where you used your strongest technical skill. What exactly did you do? From this posting
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complex to someone outside your field. From this posting
- Describe a time you worked with another team to deliver something. What was your part? From this posting
- Tell me about a task you took from start to finish without anyone asking you to. From this posting
- How have you used javascript in your work? Walk me through one real example. From this posting
- Tell me about a problem you solved using compliance. From this posting
- Tell me about a time you helped someone on your team get better at their work. From this posting
- This posting reads as Software engineering: its questions come first.
- Walk me through a feature you built from start to finish. What tools and languages did you use? Software engineering
- Tell me about the hardest bug you have tracked down. How did you find the cause? Software engineering
- Describe a technical design decision you made and the trade-off behind it. Software engineering
- Tell me about a time you disagreed with a teammate in a code review. Software engineering
- Production is down and you are the first engineer to notice. What do you do in the first 30 minutes? Software engineering
- How do you decide what to test before you ship a change? Software engineering
- Tell me about a time you helped a less experienced engineer get unstuck. Software engineering
- Your estimate for a feature turns out to be badly wrong halfway through. What do you do? Software engineering
- Two managers ask you to book the same room at the same time. What do you do?
- Describe a time you handled an upset customer or colleague.
- Tell me about a time you had several deadlines at once. How did you decide what to do first?
- Give an example of a mistake you caught before it caused a problem.
- Tell me about a time you taught someone how to do something.
- Describe a time you took the lead without being asked.
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complicated in simple terms.
- Describe a process you improved.
- Do you have any questions for us?
- Why do you want to work here?
- Why is there a gap in your employment? Difficult question
- Why did you leave your last job? Difficult question
- Why are you changing careers? Difficult question
- What is your greatest weakness? Difficult question
- What are your salary expectations? Difficult question
- You seem overqualified for this role. Why do you want it? Difficult question
- Improper-question practice: How old are you? / Do you have children? / Where are you from originally?
- A customer is angry about a delay you did not cause. What do you do?
- How do you keep track of many open customer requests?
- Tell me about a time you could not give a customer what they wanted.
- You find that the inventory count does not match the system. What do you do?
- Tell me about a time a shipment or delivery went wrong.
- How do you make sure safety rules are followed on a busy shift?
- How have you used spreadsheets in your work?
- Tell me about a time you had to enter or check a lot of data accurately.
- Tell me about a sale or agreement you are proud of.
- A prospect says your price is too high. How do you respond?
- How do you keep your pipeline organised?
- Tell me about a technical problem you solved on your own.
- You find a bug right before a release. What do you do?
- Walk me through how you would check whether a report's numbers are right.

