Staff Android Engineer, Android Platform
Core
Set technical direction and lead cross-team initiatives for Reddit's large, multi-team Android codebase, focusing on Client Health, Developer Experiences, and App Architecture.
Role type
Staff Android Platform Engineer
Builds
Shared Android libraries, frameworks, observability tooling, and CI/CD pipelines for millions of daily active users
Domain
Mobile (Android) / Platform Engineering
Required skills
Kotlin, Android lifecycle and concurrency, Jetpack Compose, Kotlin coroutines, systems thinking, architectural design, cross-team leadership, AI tooling integration
Preferred skills
Experience with shared libraries/frameworks, experiments/logging, navigation, startup/session orchestration, core networking/caching, measurable improvements to app reliability or developer productivity
Technologies
Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Kotlin coroutines, Android SDK, CI/CD tools, observability platforms
Responsibilities
Lead technical decisions to scale the Android Platform to 100M+ DAUs; Drive Developer Experience strategy to accelerate build/test cycles; Architect Android Client Health and Observability foundations; Champion AI supercharged developer workflows; Provide technical leadership and mentorship to senior engineers
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic scope
