Senior Android Engineer, Apps Platform

Senior Android Engineer, Apps Platform at Reddit, Inc.

Reddit is a community of communities, built on shared interests, passion, and trust. It's 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 over 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 Apps Platform Team

The Apps Platform team functions as a foundational platform for all other mobile engineers at Reddit to build upon. Our primary customers are other engineers, and our core mission is to enhance developer efficiency. We achieve this by providing essential libraries, APIs, and frameworks, continuously monitoring performance, developing shared components, and improving build tools. Within the codebase, we are responsible for critical core components of the application, including the networking and caching stack.

We play a pivotal role in shaping the technical direction of the codebase by defining which design patterns and technologies Reddit will adopt. As Reddit's engineering team continues to grow, Apps Platform is also tasked with innovating and establishing new processes and methods to consistently support an increasing number of customers without requiring a linear expansion of our team size.

What We Are Looking For

• Expertise in Java or Kotlin with 5+ years of experience within Android development.
• Sound software engineering fundamentals.
• Embracing the challenges of building data-intensive, highly responsive, and fault-tolerant apps in the constrained environment of a smartphone.
• Willingness to buck trends and learn new ways to build software.
• Passion for developing scalable, well-designed software that improves people’s lives globally.
• Experience building at least one amazing Android app with a team from start to shipment.

Responsibilities

• Build experiences and create the patterns for Reddit’s official Android app that improve our core flows like browsing posts, commenting, and creating content.
• Partner across product, design, and engineering teams to innovate and implement sophisticated solutions to complex challenges.
• Participate in the full Android development cycle: design, develop, QA, experiment, analyze, and deploy.

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

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/.

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The Base Salary Range For This Position Is: $190,800—$267,100 USD

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Key skills/competency

• Java/Kotlin
• Android Development
• Mobile Platform Engineering
• Software Architecture
• Networking & Caching
• Performance Optimization
• Scalable Software Design
• Developer Efficiency
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Data-Intensive Applications