This role pays more than
93%
of similar roles. Most pay
$165,000–$219,425
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$260k
versus about
$192k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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
72 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$217,000–$303,900
across 66 roles with salary data.
As a Staff Android Engineer on Reddit’s Android Platform team, you will lead technical initiatives focusing on client health, developer experience, and app architecture. Your daily tasks include shaping the Android App's architecture for future scalability, enhancing developer workflows with AI-driven tools, and establishing robust guardrails to ensure code quality. You’ll also build observability frameworks to monitor user experiences and mentor engineers across teams. Ideal candidates have over 8 years of software development experience, including at least 4 years in Android app design and development, with expertise in Jetpack Compose, Kotlin Coroutines, and applying AI to engineering workflows. Experience working within large codebases serving millions of daily active users is essential.
Jetpack Compose
Kotlin Coroutines
Android
CI/CD
AI
Large codebase
Modern Android development
Shared libraries
Startup/session orchestration
Core networking/caching
C++
Java
Rust
Git
CI/CD
Android
Linux
ARM
Mobile SoC
Debugging
Performance Monitoring
Memory Management
SDK
NDK
HALs
Security
Treble
C++14
API Design
Open-Source Projects