Staff Software Engineer - Android Test Engineer

Summary

Join Reddit's Test Engineering team as a Staff Software Engineer and contribute to building a quality-focused engineering culture. You will develop and maintain test automation frameworks, tools, and services for mobile applications, analyze production issues, and improve automated testing processes. This role requires extensive experience in Android development and automated testing, including experience with Espresso and UIAutomator. You will collaborate with various teams to troubleshoot issues and influence the entire engineering organization on testing best practices. Reddit offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience as an SDET, or as a Software Engineer for Android platform
• 3+ years in Android development
• Experience in designing and building scalable automated test frameworks, tools, and services for testing mobile applications
• Experience in writing, executing, and monitoring automated test suites using a variety of technologies such as Espresso and/or, UIAutomator using Kotlin
• Strong understanding of CI/CD process and quality checks in the workflow
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies for mobile applications releases
• Working proficiency and communication skills in verbal and written English

Responsibilities

• Help in building an Engineering culture that enables quality in all software feature development teams across Reddit
• Develop and evolve test automation frameworks, tools, and services
• Analyze production issues, identify test gaps across the entire testing stack and make systemic improvements to automated testing
• Maintain test infrastructure stability in non-production environments
• Participate in troubleshooting and triaging of issues with different teams to drive towards root cause identification and resolution
• Influence the entire engineering organization on unit/integration/end-to-end tests

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferred experience in JetPack Compose
• Experience in unit, snapshot, and end-to-end testing of Android applications
• Experience in building test frameworks and automated tests for native Mobile applications

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