Staff Android Engineer (Clients Platform)

Job Description

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 121 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 and its development ecosystem (libraries, frameworks, observability, and build/CI tooling) that every team uses to ship delightful Reddit experiences. As a Staff Android Engineer , you will be a technical leader for the Android organization, focusing on three pillars: Client Health (Crashes/ANRs/Performance), Developer Experience, and App Architecture. What you’ll do: • Own and shape the architecture of Reddit’s Android App to scale for the next 100M+ DAUs. • Improve Android developer experience by designing tools, workflows, and CI integrations that make it fast and safe to develop and release code. • Define and operationalize guardrails (lint/static analysis, tests, and AI-assisted reviews) that catch common issues early. • Build and evolve Android client health and observability foundations (events, traces, dashboards) so teams can improve user experiences. • Apply AI thoughtfully to engineering workflows (e.g., code review, static analysis) for improved productivity. • Mentor and Support Android engineers through design reviews, documentation, and education on platform capabilities. What we expect from you: • 8+ years of Software development experience with at least 4+ years in designing/developing Android applications. • Experience working in a large codebase serving 100+ engineers and millions of DAUs. • Mastery of modern Android development (Jetpack Compose, Kotlin Coroutines). • Strong background in Android platform/infrastructure : shared libraries, startup/session orchestration, or core networking/cac

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