Senior Android Software Engineer, Reddit
Emerging Markets
Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions
Job no longer available
Online platform for thoughts, experiences and discussions
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower communities, and make their knowledge accessible to all.
Role
Who you are
- Minimum 5+ years of post-internship, full-time, hands-on, professional software development experience developing user-facing Android mobile native applications at scale, using Java or Kotlin
- You’re a champion of software engineering best practices such as unit/integration/end-to-end testing, design documents, CI/CD, A/B testing, code reviews, and documentation
- Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule
- Excellent communication skills. You collaborate effectively with teams in a fully remote environment and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences
- Experience with modern Android development frameworks such as Jetpack Compose and Kotlin coroutines
- You love to build new things and thrive in ambiguity and even failure. You have a strong drive to create value, whether for users or the company
- Additional knowledge around GraphQL, REST, HTTP basics, and the ability to design maintainable APIs is a plus
What the job involves
- The Emerging Markets product team works on high impact initiatives to fuel Reddit international growth in markets like India, Brazil, the Philippines etc
- You will work on product experiences that help users discover and engage with their communities to daily active users growth
- Your work will help the next 500 million Redditors find communities, belonging, and empowerment on Reddit
- You will contribute to shaping and improving existing features
- You’ll own projects from ideation to production instead of being stuck making small incremental gains on enterprise systems
- You’ll work with a super-talented, cross-functional team to solve hard problems to create experiences that users will love. We are a team of builders that value impact, personal growth, openness, and kindness
- Design, build, and ship features, experiments and products for millions of users to support our international growth
- Communicate effectively, within the team and across disciplines. Work closely with product managers and designers to craft compelling user experiences
- Contribute meaningfully to our team’s strategy. We give everyone a seat at the table and encourage active participation in planning our future. Don’t just come along for the ride
- Participate in product reviews and team meetings, providing technical insight. Help scope, estimate, and prioritize between conflicting needs
- Contribute to the full development cycle: technical design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch. You’ll be reviewing code and design docs, giving 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 help mentor engineers on the team to grow their technical expertise
- Continuously learn and improve your technical and non-technical abilities
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Reddits is an online platform that hosts thousands of message board communities (known as subreddits) designed to foster authentic human connection. With more than 100,000 communities covering everything from food, entertainment, and sports to niche interests for highly specific audiences, there's virtually a space for everyone.
The platform attracts over 52M daily users and more than 50B monthly page views. While these figures are smaller than those of social media giants like Facebook and X, Reddits stands out by offering easily discoverable communities where users can dive deep into virtually any topic imaginable.
Today, Reddit continues to grow its user base and expand its reach, remaining a unique hub for conversation,m connection, and shared interests. With its strong community-driven model and steady revenue streams, it's most definitely positioned to stay a central part of online culture for years to come.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
57% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Aug 2021
$410m
SERIES F
Feb 2021
$250m
SERIES E
Total funding: $1.2bn
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Flexible vacation & Reddit global days off
- Family planning funds & 4+ months paid parental leave
- Personal & professional development funds
- Paid volunteer time off
- Workspace & home office benefits
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Steve Huffman
(Co-Founder & CEO)After co-founding Reddit in 2005, they stepped away from the company to co-found Hipmunk, where they were the CTO for 5 years. They returned to Reddit in 2015, and have been the CEO since.
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