engineering
Posted Apr 23Staff Android Engineer, Brand Ad Formats
at Redditinc
Chicago, United StatesOn-site
Responsibilities
- Raise the Bar: Mentor senior engineers across teams in ad formats and establish best practices for design, testing and operational excellence, while also leading by example in understanding and advocating for our customers.
Requirements
- With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 121 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information.
- By delivering guaranteed placements and engaging ad interactions, they support major brand initiatives and help advertisers achieve measurable outcomes. The team is building fully customizable interactive formats and AI-driven ads that incorporate User-Generated Content (UGC). Moving forward, we will be doubling down on Video Ads , with the goal of turning Reddit into an industry leader and a ‘must buy’ for advertisers to promote video content.
- Android Mastery: (Minimum of 3+ years) Deep expertise in Kotlin and modern Android architectural patterns. Completed 4+ Android development projects from ideation to deployment in production. Prior
- experience in Ad Tech , building highly interactive/rich-media mobile experiences.
- System Design: Ability to navigate complex, data-intensive environments and build fault-tolerant client-side systems. AI :
- Versatility: An openness to work across the stack when necessary and explore innovative approaches (e.g., AI/ML integration).
- 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.
- 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. Bonus points: •
- Experience working on Video Ads •
- Experience working at a scaled peer company •
- Experience with Jetpack Compose Benefits:
- Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of
- In select roles and locations, the interviews will be recorded, transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI).
Experience
- 8+ years of software engineering
Benefits
- Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
- 401k with Employer Match
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
- Generous Paid Parental Leave Pay Transparency:
- 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.
- 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 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.
- The base salary range for this position is: $217,000 — $303,900 USD
Contact
- For more information, visit www.redditinc.com .
- To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/ .
Additional details
- It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet.
- About the Team: The Brand Ad Formats team drives the development of ad formats that help advertisers maximize reach and brand impact.
- They focus on high-visibility, awareness-driven solutions that create memorable experiences for Reddit users.
- Video Ads Tech Lead: Partner closely with Product and Design to build a roadmap that will transform our Video Ads format into an industry leader in the space, and drive the technical design and execution of projects that turn the roadmap into reality.
- Technical Strategy: Provide guidance to the team working on building video ads as well as reddit-unique ad formats that scale to millions of users, by establishing Android best practices and providing design reviews.
- Full-Cycle Leadership: Drive the entire development lifecycle—from early-stage discovery and prototyping to testing, data-driven experimentation, and deployment.
- Product Mindset: Proven track record of delivering user-facing features where UI polish and performance are critical.
- Experience leveraging GenAI tools to increase software engineering productivity.
- Experimentation/Analysis: Fluency working with product metrics, designing and analyzing experiments with exposure to tools like BigQuery, HEX, Firebase, etc.
- Entrepreneurial spirit: You must be self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action. You live to build new things and thrive in ambiguity.