Android Software Engineer, Ad Formats
Reddit, Inc.
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Job Description
About Reddit
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 116 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com.
About the Ad Formats Team
The Brand Ad Formats team drives the development of ad formats that help advertisers maximize reach and brand impact. They focus on high-visibility, awareness-driven solutions that create memorable experiences for Reddit users. By delivering guaranteed placements and engaging ad interactions, they support major brand initiatives and help advertisers achieve measurable outcomes. Their work includes evolving existing formats and launching entirely new ones to keep Reddit’s ad offerings fresh and competitive. The team is working on multiple new formats including a fully customizable interactive ad format, and an ad format that uses AI to incorporate User-Generated Content.
The Role of an Android Software Engineer, Ad Formats
The Ad Formats team is seeking a skilled Android Engineer with a product-focused mindset to join the team.
Responsibilities
- Build Ad experiences and create patterns for Reddit’s Android app that enhance our ads’ performance and functionality.
- Collaborate across product, design, and engineering teams to innovate and implement sophisticated solutions for complex challenges.
- Engage in the full development cycle: design, develop, QA, experiment, analyze, and deploy.
Required Qualifications
- Proficiency in Android engineering and languages such as Kotlin or Java, with at least 3 years of experience in software development.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals.
- A willingness to tackle the challenges of creating data-intensive, highly responsive, and fault-tolerant apps.
- An openness to explore innovative approaches to software development.
Bonus Points
- Experience working on ad tech.
- Able to work full stack.
Technologies Used On The Team Include
- Languages: Kotlin, Java, Go, Python
- Frameworks: Thrift, gRPC
- Datastores: Postgres, DynamoDB, BigQuery
- Tools: Kubernetes, Argo, Docker
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
Key skills/competency
- Android Development
- Kotlin
- Java
- Software Engineering
- Ad Tech
- Product Development
- Collaboration
- Data-intensive Applications
- Fault-tolerant Systems
- Full Stack (Bonus)
How to Get Hired at Reddit, Inc.
- Research Reddit's culture: Study their mission, values, recent news, and employee testimonials on LinkedIn and Glassdoor.
- Master Android engineering fundamentals: Showcase strong proficiency in Kotlin/Java and experience with data-intensive, fault-tolerant applications.
- Highlight ad tech expertise: Emphasize any prior experience in advertising technology or ad formats development.
- Demonstrate collaborative problem-solving: Be prepared to discuss how you've worked across product, design, and engineering teams.
- Showcase full-stack potential: While a bonus, demonstrating versatility across the stack can significantly enhance your application.
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