Staff Software Engineer, Reddit

Android Test Engineering

$180.2-252.3k

+ Equity in the form of restricted stock units.

Android

Kotlin

Espresso

Senior and Expert level

Remote from US

Online platform for thoughts, experiences & discussions

Job no longer available

Online platform for thoughts, experiences & discussions

1001+ employees

B2CB2BPublishingContentSocial MediaCommunity

Job no longer available

$180.2-252.3k

+ Equity in the form of restricted stock units.

Android

Kotlin

Espresso

Senior and Expert level

Remote from US

1001+ employees

B2CB2BPublishingContentSocial MediaCommunity

Company mission

To empower communities, and make their knowledge accessible to all.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

8+ years of experience as an SDET, or as a Software Engineer for Android platform
3+ years in Android development
Experience in designing and building scalable automated test frameworks, tools, and services for testing mobile applications
Experience in writing, executing, and monitoring automated test suites using a variety of technologies such as Espresso and/or, UIAutomator using Kotlin
Preferred experience in JetPack Compose
Experience in unit, snapshot, and end-to-end testing of Android applications
Experience in building test frameworks and automated tests for native Mobile applications
Strong understanding of CI/CD process and quality checks in the workflow
Strong understanding of QA methodologies for mobile applications releases
Working proficiency and communication skills in verbal and written English

What the job involves

The Test Engineering team within the Quality Engineering (QE) org is looking for a Staff Software Engineer who can work in a highly collaborative environment, design/develop tools, test frameworks, and define processes to help the teams to own and be accountable for quality
The mission of the Quality Engineering org is to enable quality in all engineering teams at Reddit by providing robust test tools and frameworks that help establish quality standards across the development pipelines
Help in building an Engineering culture that enables quality in all software feature development teams across Reddit
Develop and evolve test automation frameworks, tools, and services
Analyze production issues, identify test gaps across the entire testing stack and make systemic improvements to automated testing
Maintain test infrastructure stability in non-production environments
Participate in troubleshooting and triaging of issues with different teams to drive towards root cause identification and resolution
Influence the entire engineering organization on unit/integration/end-to-end tests

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 130,000 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 120 million daily users and billions of monthly page views. While these figures are smaller than those of social media giants like Facebook and X, Reddit 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, 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

Top investors

57% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.9)

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

(CEO & Founder)

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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