Quick summary
- Work type
- Remote
- Location
- Remote
- Salary
- $217,000–$303,900 / yr
- Posted
- 31 days ago
- Freshness
- Confirmed live 2 days ago
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Salary context
How this pay compares to similar roles
This role pays more than 83% of similar roles. Most pay $190,862–$254,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $260k versus about $223k for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About Reddit
Reddit is a social news aggregation and discussion platform where users share content, vote on posts, and engage in community conversations across thousands of interest-based forums called subreddits.
Reddit currently has 77 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $217,000–$303,400 across 77 roles with salary data.
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At a glance
TL;DR · Staff Android Engineer, Brand Ad Formats
As a Staff Android Engineer on the Brand Ad Formats team, you will lead the technical strategy to transform Video Ads into a premier offering for brand advertisers while building unique, high-performance ad formats. You will drive the full development lifecycle from discovery and prototyping to testing and deployment, providing technical guidance on scalable designs and establishing Android best practices. The role requires deep expertise in Kotlin and modern architectural patterns, with experience in Ad Tech, rich-media mobile experiences, and system design for data-intensive environments. You will also leverage GenAI tools for productivity and utilize tools like BigQuery, HEX, and Firebase for experimentation analysis. Your work focuses on creating interactive, high-visibility ad solutions that incorporate User-Generated Content and AI-driven elements to improve brand impact and reach for advertisers.
Skills
What you'll do
- Lead the technical strategy and roadmap to transform Reddit's Video Ads into a premier offering for brand advertisers.
- Drive the design and execution of high-performance, scalable, and unique ad formats on the Android platform.
- Provide technical guidance and establish best practices for mobile engineering across multiple teams.
- Manage the full development lifecycle from early discovery and prototyping to testing and deployment.
- Mentor senior engineers on ad format development, design standards, and operational excellence.
- Design and analyze product experiments using data tools like BigQuery and Firebase to improve performance.
- Build fault-tolerant client-side systems within complex, data-intensive environments.
What we're looking for
- 8+ years of software engineering experience at a Staff level.
- Minimum of 3+ years of Android expertise with Kotlin and modern architectural patterns.
- Completion of 4+ Android development projects from ideation to production deployment.
- Prior experience in Ad Tech building interactive or rich-media mobile experiences.
- Experience leveraging GenAI tools to increase software engineering productivity.
- Fluency in product metrics, designing experiments, and using tools like BigQuery, HEX, or Firebase.
- BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience with Video Ads, scaled peer companies, or Jetpack Compose (preferred).
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