Principal Engineer, Android Performance

Reddit; United States; Remote; USD 232,500 - 365,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits

401k Match

Flexible Vacation

Generous paid Parental Leave

Paid Volunteer time off

Gender-Affirming Care

Job summary

Reddit is looking for a Principal Engineer in the Android Platform team to enhance their mobile app architecture for future scale. This role involves defining standards for development, mentoring engineers, and improving developer experience while contributing to the next phase of Android development. You will play a strategic role to influence practices across the company.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software development, including 5+ years in Android applications.
• Experience influencing technical direction in large organizations (200+ engineers).
• Strategic thinker passionate about scalable software.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture of Reddit’s Android mobile app for scaling.
• Redesign the Android platform to improve modularity and quality.
• Mentor Android developers and improve developer workflows.

Skills

Android development

Software design

Modularity

Performance optimization

Mentoring

Tools

Jetpack Compose

Kotlin coroutines

Job description

Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet. Every day, Reddit users submit, vote, and comment on the topics they care most about. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 101M+ daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit redditinc.com.

The Android Platform team sets the technical direction for Android at Reddit. Our customers are primarily other engineers. It’s our job to help improve developer efficiency by providing libraries/APIs/frameworks, monitoring performance, building shared components, improving build tools, etc. In the codebase, we own the core components of the app such as the networking and caching stack. We set the direction in which the codebase builds by defining which design patterns and technologies to employ at Reddit.

This role will enable us to architect our Android app to scale for the next 100M+ DAUs in entrenched and emerging markets. They will help establish the right standards in Android development and will help in improving the overall Android development experience at Reddit. In addition, they will mentor senior Android engineers across Reddit and will be seen as a go-to person for any challenges on Android App architecture.

As a Principal Engineer in the Android Platform team, you will be responsible for designing a solid foundation for our Android application development. You will have the company-wide scope, impact, and responsibility in shaping the future of Android development at Reddit. You will champion the technology selection, best practices in Reddit’s Android application development. In addition, you will act as an Architect for the Android application at Reddit.

What you’ll do

• Own the architecture of Reddit’s Android Mobile App and make it scale to the next 100M+ DAUs. Propose ideas/solutions to reach our vision of “making Reddit’s Mobile Apps best-in-class.”
• Identify the gaps in our current Android App Architecture, and lead redesign of the Android platform to improve modularity, performance, and quality.
• Help us improve the developer experience by reducing the build times, by providing a modular architecture, and improving the developer workflows.
• Help us build the technical foundation for rapid experimentation without compromising on quality.
• Mentor Android developers across the company.
• Be the go-to person for developers on complex problems in Android development.

What we expect from you

• Deep experience-based understanding of how to build Android applications at scale.
• You are a strategic thinker who thrives on developing a long-term technical foundation and has a passion for developing scalable, well-designed software that improves people’s lives globally.
• 10+ years of Software development experience with at least 5+ years in designing/developing Android applications.
• Experience in influencing larger (200+ engineers) organizations on technical direction/best practices related to Android
• Experience with modern Android development frameworks such as Jetpack Compose and Kotlin coroutines.
• Passion for developing scalable, well-designed software that improves people’s lives globally.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams such as design, product, data teams to deliver great user experiences.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
• 401k Match
• Family Planning Support
• Gender-Affirming Care
• Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
• Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days off
• Generous paid Parental Leave
• Paid Volunteer time off

Pay Transparency:

This job posting may span more than one career level.

In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/.

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.

The base pay range for this position is:

$232,500—$365,100 USD

Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve. Reddit is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during the interview process, please let your recruiter know.