Staff Android Engineer

The Brand Ad Formats team drives the development of ad formats that help advertisers maximize reach and brand impact, focusing on high-visibility, awareness-driven solutions. They are building fully customizable interactive formats and AI-driven ads that incorporate User-Generated Content (UGC), and are doubling down on Video Ads.

As a Staff Android Engineer, you will lead the technical strategy to turn Reddit's Video Ads into a premier offering for brand advertisers. You will also build and provide technical guidance on new reddit-unique ad formats on Android, ensuring they are high performance, high quality and scalable.

• Partner closely with Product and Design to build a roadmap for transforming the Video Ads format into an industry leader, and drive technical design and execution.
• Provide guidance to the team building video ads and reddit-unique ad formats that scale to millions of users, establishing Android best practices and providing design reviews.
• Drive the entire development lifecycle—from discovery and prototyping to testing, data-driven experimentation, and deployment.
• Mentor senior engineers across teams in ad formats and establish best practices for design, testing and operational excellence.

• 8+ years of software engineering experience (Staff level seniority).
• 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.
• Proven track record of delivering user-facing features where UI polish and performance are critical.
• Ability to navigate complex, data-intensive environments and build fault-tolerant client-side systems.
• Experience leveraging GenAI tools to increase software engineering productivity.
• Fluency working with product metrics, designing and analyzing experiments with exposure to tools like BigQuery, HEX, Firebase, etc.
• Openness to work across the stack when necessary and explore innovative approaches (e.g., AI/ML integration).
• Self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action.
• Excellent communication skills, able to collaborate in a fully remote environment and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong track record of mentoring and uplifting team members' technical skills.
• Strong organizational skills, ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule.
• BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Experience working on Video Ads
• Experience working at a scaled peer company
• Experience with Jetpack Compose

Base salary range: $217,000—$303,900 USD. Eligible for equity in the form of restricted stock units, and possibly commission. Benefits include comprehensive healthcare, 401k with employer match, global benefit programs, family planning support, gender-affirming care, mental health & coaching benefits, flexible vacation & paid volunteer time off, and generous paid parental leave.

Apply via the provided link.