Senior Android Engineer, Consumer Safety

Reddit, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 190,000 - 268,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Senior Android Engineer to enhance user safety on a dynamic platform. In this role, you will develop powerful safety tools and collaborate with cross-functional teams to create user-friendly experiences. With a strong emphasis on strategic thinking and collaboration, you will contribute to the entire development cycle, ensuring that the needs of users are met effectively. This position offers the chance to make a significant impact in a fast-paced environment while enjoying comprehensive benefits and a flexible work culture.

Benefits

Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits

401k Match

Family Planning Support

Mental Health & Coaching Benefits

Flexible Vacation

Paid Volunteer Time Off

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience developing user-facing Android applications.
• Experience with modern Android frameworks and collaborative projects.

Responsibilities

• Build safety experiences and reporting tools for users.
• Collaborate with product and design teams to execute strategies.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Android Development

Cross-functional Collaboration

Strategic Thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Equivalent technical expertise

Tools

Jetpack Compose

Kotlin Coroutines

Job description

Senior Android Engineer, Consumer Safety

Remote - United States

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 Consumer Safety team's mission is to empower users with tools that help them manage their experience on Reddit, allowing them to have safer experiences and providing them the flexibility to define what "safe" means for them.

If ensuring the safety of users, moderators and communities on one of the most popular websites in the world excites you, then you've found the right place. We're a fast-growing company but still maintain one of the highest user to employee ratios in the industry, giving you a tremendous opportunity for both scope and impact.

Responsibilities:

Build new and more powerful safety experiences and reporting tools that better meet the needs of Redditors

Work cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute on product and business strategy and build novel products and features that our users will love

Contribute to the full development cycle: technical design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch. You'll be reviewing code and design docs, giving feedback on product specs and mocks

Continuously learn and improve your technical and non-technical abilities

The Role

• Work cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute product and business strategies and build novel products and features that our users will love.
• Communicate effectively, within the team and across disciplines. Work closely with product managers and designers to craft compelling user experiences.
• Contribute meaningfully to our team’s strategy. We give everyone a seat at the table and encourage active participation in planning our future. Don’t just come along for the ride.
• Participate in product reviews and team meetings, providing technical insight. Help scope, estimate, and prioritize between conflicting needs.
• Foster a healthy engineering culture and collaborate with other engineers.

What We Are Looking For:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent technical expertise
• 5+ years of hands-on, professional software development experience developing user-facing Android mobile native applications at scale, using Java or Kotlin
• 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.
• A track record of leading large projects that require cross-team and cross-functional collaborations
• Experience with modern Android development frameworks such as Jetpack Compose and Kotlin coroutines.
• Entrepreneurial spirit. You are self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action in fast-paced environments. You love to build new things and thrive in ambiguity and even failure.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams such as design, product, data teams to deliver great user experiences.

Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs

401k Match

Family Planning Support

Mental Health & Coaching Benefits

Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days Off

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:

$190,800 - $267,100 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 you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at [e-mail] .

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