Reddit

Senior Android Software Engineer, Consumer Engineering

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Base Salary

$191k - $267k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build and evolve user-facing native Android experiences for discovering, consuming, creating, and engaging with Reddit content and communities.
  • Lead projects through product definition, technical design, implementation, experimentation, launch, and continuous improvement.
  • Partner with product, design, data science, ML, backend, and platform teams to shape strategy and deliver measurable user impact.
  • Improve Android architecture, performance, reliability, accessibility, developer workflows, and engineering standards.
  • Mentor teammates and drive cross-functional technical initiatives.

Requirements

  • Professional experience developing native Android applications with Kotlin and strong knowledge of Android frameworks and application architecture.
  • Ability to write idiomatic, readable, reusable, and testable code with strong debugging, performance optimization, reliability, and maintainability skills.
  • Experience designing mobile systems and interfaces, evaluating architectural tradeoffs, and building scalable features from APIs through user-facing UI.
  • Experience with experimentation, feature flags, instrumentation, analytics, and product or quality-of-experience metrics.
  • Familiarity with Jetpack Compose, Android accessibility, Media3 or ExoPlayer, MediaCodec, HLS or DASH, recommendation systems, or ML-integrated products is preferred.

Benefits

  • Base salary is accompanied by eligibility for restricted stock units and, depending on the position, potentially commission.
  • U.S.-based employees may receive medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) program with employer match, generous vacation time, and parental leave.
  • Some interviews may be recorded, transcribed, and summarized by AI, with an option to opt out before scheduled interviews.

Tech Stack

Jetpack ComposeKotlin

Categories

Mobile
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About Reddit

5,001-10,000 employees

Reddit builds a social news and discussion platform organized into user-created forums (“subreddits”) for consumers, creators, and communities. It monetizes primarily through advertising tools for brands and self-serve advertisers, plus a Premium subscription; developers can access data via its API. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in San Francisco, Reddit became a public company on the NYSE in 2024 and hosts over 100,000 active communities.

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