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Greenhouse · Posted 12 Oct 2026

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Staff Android Engineer, Android Platform

Reddit · Remote - United States

Reddit operates a social media platform centered on community-driven discussions and content sharing. As a Staff Android Engineer on the Android Platform team, you will be responsible for defining the technical roadmap and architecture for the company's Android application. This role involves managing a large, multi-team codebase with a focus on three primary pillars: client health, developer experience, and app architecture. You will lead cross-team initiatives to improve performance, reduce crashes and ANRs, and optimize build and test cycles. Day-to-day responsibilities include designing shared libraries and frameworks, implementing observability tools, and providing technical leadership to senior engineering staff. You will work hands-on from the initial design phase through to implementation and rollout, ensuring that the platform can scale to support millions of daily active users. This position is well-suited for an experienced Android developer with a strong background in platform infrastructure, systems thinking, and a proven ability to influence technical strategy across diverse teams. Proficiency in Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and modern Android architecture is essential, as is experience in integrating AI-driven workflows into the development lifecycle.

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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 130 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit www.redditinc.com . The Android Platform team sets the technical direction for Android at Reddit. We design, build and support the Android app for millions of DAUs and the development ecosystem (libraries, frameworks, observability, and build/CI tooling) that every team uses to ship delightful Reddit experiences. As a Staff Android Engineer on the Android Platform team, you’ll set technical direction and lead cross-team initiatives for a large, multi‑team Android codebase, with a core focus on three pillars: Client Health (Crashes/ANRs/Performance), Developer Experiences, and App Architecture (modern and opinionated). You’ll turn ambiguous platform problems into a multi-quarter roadmap, align engineering partners, and stay hands-on from design and implementation through rollout and adoption. What you’ll do Lead technical decisions that will scale Reddit’s Android Platform to the next 100M+ DAUs, balancing long-term platform health with product delivery. Drive Developer Experience strategy to accelerate build and test cycles and improve release safety across teams. Architect Android Client Health and Observability foundations (events, traces, dashboards) to empower engineering teams to safeguard performance and reliability. Champion AI supercharged developer and agent workflows. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to senior engineers, elevating engineering standards across teams through architectural reviews, documentation, and technical guidance. What we expect from you 5+ years software development experience with 3+ years building Android applications, with a track record of leading complex Android initiatives from problem definition through delivery and sustained adoption. Experience setting technical direction and delivering shared platform capabilities in a large Android codebase used by multiple teams and millions of daily active users. Deep expertise in Kotlin, Android lifecycle and concurrency, and modern Android technologies such as Jetpack Compose and Kotlin coroutines, with sound judgment about architectural tradeoffs and migration strategies. Strong background in Android platform/infrastructure work: shared libraries or frameworks, experiments/logging, navigation, startup/session orchestration, or core networking/caching. Strong systems thinking and hands-on problem solving, with evidence of measurable improvements to app reliability, performance, or developer productivity. Ability to influence without formal authority, build consensus across engineering, product, design, and data partners, and communicate technical strategy and tradeoffs clearly. Practical experience applying AI to engineering workflows (code generation, refactoring, static analysis, or CI checks) with clear, measurable benefit. 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 # LI -Remote 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/ . To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base salary ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below. The base salary range for this position is: $217,000 — $303,900 USD In select roles and locations, the interviews will be recorded, transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI). You will have the opportunity to opt out of recording, transcription and summarization prior to any scheduled interviews. During the interview, we will collect the following categories of personal information: Identifiers, Profess

Role	Staff Android Engineer, Android Platform
Company	Reddit
Location	Remote - United States
Type	contract
Compensation	Not disclosed
Posted	2026-10-12
Deadline	Rolling

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