Build and evolve user-facing Android experiences for Reddit's consumer engineering team.
Posted by employer 6 hours ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 hour ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 hour ago
What you'll build
- Build user-facing Android experiences
- Lead projects through the development lifecycle
- Partner with cross-functional teams
- Improve Android architecture and performance
- Mentor teammates
Must have
- Professional experience developing native Android applications with Kotlin
- Strong understanding of Android frameworks and application architecture
Nice to have
- Familiarity with Jetpack Compose
- Experience with Media3 or ExoPlayer
- Experience with recommendation systems
- Experience with ML-integrated products
Not disclosed in this posting: years of experience, work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Android Software Engineer will focus on developing and enhancing user-facing Android applications that facilitate content discovery and community engagement on Reddit. Key skills include proficiency in Kotlin and a solid grasp of Android frameworks, alongside experience in building scalable mobile systems. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers who can navigate ambiguity and align technical decisions with user and business goals. The role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams to drive impactful user experiences.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 8, 2026. Last confirmed on Reddit's careers page October 8, 2026.
- Salary band is below the typical range for Mobile roles (median ~$190,000).
- Starts above 77% of 13 comparable mid mobile roles in United States we track (median $157,000 across 7 companies).
Quick facts
- What's the salary range?
- Reddit lists $164,200–$229,900 for this role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Android, Kotlin.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Reddit targets mid-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Android Software Engineer, Consumer Engineering role at Reddit.
From the original posting
The Reddit Consumer Engineering organization builds and scales the products that Redditors use directly to discover content, participate in communities, and connect with others. Sitting at the intersection of large-scale distributed systems and core user journeys, Android Software Engineers in Consumer Engineering work with Product Managers, Designers, Data Scientists, ML Engineers, Backend Engineers, and other mobile engineers to build, experiment with, and scale the experiences that help hundreds of millions of users discover, join, navigate, and engage with Reddit.
This centralized role hires across several high-impact consumer teams, including:
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Core Product & Feeds: Home Experience, Recommendations & Content Discovery, Contribution
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Community & Presence: Reddit Pro, Youth Experience & Teen Safety, Creator Tools
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Growth & Engagement: Authentication, Notifications, Social Sharing, SEO, Onboarding
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Monetization & Conversion: Paid User Acquisition, Conversion Funnel Optimization
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Identity & Security: Account Management, Trust & Safety
What You’ll Do
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Build and evolve user-facing Android experiences that help people discover, consume, create, and engage with content and communities.
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Lead projects through the full development lifecycle, from product definition and technical design to implementation, experimentation, launch, and ongoing improvement.
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Partner with product, design, data science, ML, backend, and platform teams to shape strategy, translate technical capabilities into intuitive experiences, and deliver measurable user impact.
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Improve Android architecture, performance, reliability, accessibility, developer workflows, and engineering standards while mentoring teammates and driving cross-functional technical initiatives.
Who You Might Be
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An experienced Android engineer who has built and shipped consumer-facing native applications at scale using Kotlin.
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A strategic, product-minded partner who connects technical decisions to user and business outcomes and can lead through ambiguity.
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A clear and collaborative communicator who can explain complex tradeoffs, influence stakeholders, and build alignment across teams.
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A curious, adaptable, and ownership-oriented teammate who embraces experimentation, learns from setbacks, improves processes, and helps others succeed.
Technical Qualifications
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Professional experience developing native Android applications with Kotlin and a strong understanding of Android frameworks and application architecture.
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Ability to write idiomatic, readable, reusable, and testable code, with strong skills in debugging, performance optimization, reliability, and maintainability.
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Experience designing mobile systems and interfaces, evaluating architectural tradeoffs, and building scalable features from APIs through user-facing UI.
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Experience with experimentation, feature flags, instrumentation, analytics, and product or quality-of-experience metrics. Familiarity with Jetpack Compose, Android accessibility, Media3 or ExoPlayer, MediaCodec, HLS or DASH, recommendation systems, or ML-integrated products is a plus.
Pay Transparency:
In select roles and locations, the interviews will be recorded, transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI). You will have the opportunity to opt out of recording, transcription and summarization prior to any scheduled interviews.
Standard company text repeated across Reddit's postings is omitted here.
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