Principal Engineer, Android Performance

Summary

Join Reddit's Android Platform team as a Principal Engineer and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Android development. Own the architecture of Reddit's Android app, ensuring scalability for 100M+ daily active users. Identify and address architectural gaps, improving modularity, performance, and quality. Enhance developer experience by optimizing build times and workflows. Mentor Android developers and serve as a go-to expert for complex architectural challenges. This role demands deep Android development expertise and strategic thinking, impacting the entire engineering organization.

Requirements

• Deep experience-based understanding of how to build Android applications at scale
• You are a strategic thinker who thrives on developing a long-term technical foundation and has a passion for developing scalable, well-designed software that improves people’s lives globally
• 10+ years of Software development experience with at least 5+ years in designing/developing Android applications
• Experience in influencing larger (200+ engineers) organizations on technical direction/best practices related to Android
• Experience with modern Android development frameworks such as Jetpack Compose and Kotlin coroutines
• Passion for developing scalable, well-designed software that improves people’s lives globally
• Experience working with cross-functional teams such as design, product, data teams to deliver great user experiences

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture of Reddit’s Android Mobile App and make it scale to the next 100M+ DAUs
• Propose ideas/solutions to reach our vision of “making Reddit’s Mobile Apps best-in-class.”
• Identify the gaps in our current Android App Architecture, and lead redesign of the Android platform to improve modularity, performance, and quality
• Help us improve the developer experience by reducing the build times, by providing a modular architecture, and improving the developer workflows
• Help us build the technical foundation for rapid experimentation without compromising on quality
• Mentor Android developers across the company
• Be the go-to person for developers on complex problems in Android development

Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
• 401k Match
• Family Planning Support
• Gender-Affirming Care
• Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
• Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days off
• Generous paid Parental Leave
• Paid Volunteer time off