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Senior Android Engineer, Media Foundation

Senior Android Engineer building novel media products and video experiences for Reddit's millions of users. Requires 5+ years Kotlin/Android expertise, deep knowledge of Jetpack Compose, MVVM, Clean Architecture, and media playback optimization.

167k – 267k
Remote5+ YOEAndroid Engineering

About the role

What You Will Do

  • Build novel media products and features that our millions of users will love.
  • Work cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineering teams to execute on product and business strategy.
  • Contribute to the full development cycle: technical design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch. Review code and design docs, provide feedback on product specs and mocks.
  • Participate with a team of thoughtful, fast-moving, and motivated engineers. Contribute to standards that improve developer workflows, recommend best practices, and mentor engineers on the team.
  • Continuously learn and improve your technical and non-technical abilities.

Qualifications

  • Expertise in Kotlin with 5+ years of experience within Android development.
  • Deep understanding of Android SDK, Lifecycle, System components, Jetpack Compose, animations, MVVM/MVI, Clean architecture & Unit/UI Testing, Multithreading.
  • Experience building data intensive, highly responsive, and fault tolerant apps in the constrained environment of a smartphone.
  • Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule.
  • Excellent communication skills. Collaborate effectively with teams in a fully remote environment and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Love to build new things and thrive in ambiguity and even failure. Care about innovation.

Nice To Have

  • Additional knowledge around GraphQL, REST, HTTP basics, and the ability to design maintainable APIs.
  • Knowledge of ExoPlayer for video and audio playback, asset management, streaming, editing, and exporting capabilities.
  • A proven track record of using data and performance metrics to relentlessly optimize apps, moving the needle from "good" to "world-class" user experiences.
  • Hands-on experience optimizing video player performance or building feature-rich products on top of core media playback components.

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

Skills

KotlinAndroid SdkJetpack ComposeMvvmMviClean ArchitectureUnit TestingUi TestingMultithreadingExoplayerGraphQLRestAndroid Development

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