Senior Android Engineer

Summary

Join Reddit's Consumer Safety team and build powerful safety features and reporting tools to enhance user experiences. Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to develop and launch innovative products. Contribute to the entire development lifecycle, from design to launch, and continuously improve your skills. Work cross-functionally, communicate effectively, and participate in strategic planning. Foster a positive engineering culture and collaborate with fellow engineers to deliver exceptional user experiences. This role requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, 5+ years of Android development experience, and a proven track record of leading large projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent technical expertise
• 5+ years of hands-on, professional software development experience developing user-facing Android mobile native applications at scale, using Java or Kotlin
• A track record of leading large projects that require cross-team and cross-functional collaborations
• Experience working with cross-functional teams such as design, product, data teams to deliver great user experiences

Responsibilities

• Build new and more powerful safety experiences and reporting tools that better meet the needs of Redditors
• Work cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute on product and business strategy and build novel products and features that our users will love
• Contribute to the full development cycle: technical design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch. You'll be reviewing code and design docs, giving feedback on product specs and mocks
• Continuously learn and improve your technical and non-technical abilities
• Work cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute product and business strategies and build novel products and features that our users will love
• Communicate effectively, within the team and across disciplines. Work closely with product managers and designers to craft compelling user experiences
• Contribute meaningfully to our team’s strategy. We give everyone a seat at the table and encourage active participation in planning our future. Don’t just come along for the ride
• Participate in product reviews and team meetings, providing technical insight. Help scope, estimate, and prioritize between conflicting needs
• Foster a healthy engineering culture and collaborate with other engineers

Preferred Qualifications

• 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
• Experience with modern Android development frameworks such as Jetpack Compose and Kotlin coroutines
• Entrepreneurial spirit. You are self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action in fast-paced environments. You love to build new things and thrive in ambiguity and even failure

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
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) program with employer match
• Generous time off for vacation
• Parental leave