Staff Android Engineer, Home Experience

What You’ll Do

• Be the technical lead for a high-caliber, inclusive team of engineers across the organization.
• Work cross-functionally, collaborate and partner with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to design and build novel products and features that our users will love.
• Work alongside a team of thoughtful, fast-moving, and motivated engineers. Drive step-function improvements in developer workflows, implement best practices, and mentor engineers across the organization.
• Participate in the full development cycle: design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch. You’ll be writing and reviewing code and design docs, giving feedback on product specs and mocks, and ensuring successful delivery of key projects.
• You will be a main driver in the planning, development, and implementation across Reddit’s Android architecture in conjunction with numerous partner teams, identifying and delivering on major opportunities.
• Enable a culture of metrics led execution, with a focus on operational excellence and system observability.
• Partner cross-functionally and with senior leadership on our strategic roadmap, driving engineering and product bets that will bring Home to the next level.

Who You Might Be

• 8+ years of experience as a software engineer developing user-facing applications
• Fluency working with product metrics, designing and analyzing experiments with exposure to tools like BigQuery, HEX, Firebase, etc.
• Software development experience in Kotlin for Android, familiarity with GraphQL.
• Experience leveraging GenAI tools to increase software engineering productivity.
• Experience working with ML engineering teams and integrating ML solutions is a plus.
• Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule for the team.
• BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong focus on user experience and usability. You are an undying advocate for the user, and you have a deep intuition for how people think and how they interact with software. Experience with social is a huge plus.
• Entrepreneurial spirit. You must be self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action. You live to build new things and thrive in ambiguity.
• Excellent communication skills. You must be able to collaborate with teams in a fully remote environment, and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences.

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