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The Staff Android Engineer for Brand Ad Formats at Reddit will lead the technical strategy to enhance Video Ads and develop unique ad formats on Android. This role involves close collaboration with product and design teams, guiding the development lifecycle, and mentoring other engineers to establish best practices.
Salary Range
$217k - $304k/year
Experience Level
Senior Level
Staff Android Engineer, Brand Ad Formats
Posted Today
Full-Time
Employment Type
Remote
Work Location
$217,000 - $303,900
per year
About This Role
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 121 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information. For more information, visit
www.redditinc.com
.
About The Team
The
Brand Ad Formats team
drives the development of ad formats that help advertisers maximize reach and brand impact. They focus on high-visibility, awareness-driven solutions that create memorable experiences for Reddit users. By delivering guaranteed placements and engaging ad interactions, they support major brand initiatives and help advertisers achieve measurable outcomes. The team is building
fully customizable interactive formats
and
AI-driven ads
that incorporate User-Generated Content (UGC). Moving forward, we will be doubling down on
Video Ads
, with the goal of turning Reddit into an industry leader and a ‘must buy’ for advertisers to promote video content.
As a
Staff Android Engineer
, you will lead the technical strategy to turn Reddit’s Video Ads into a premier offering for brand advertisers. You will also build and provide technical guidance on new reddit-unique ad formats on Android, ensuring they are high performance, high quality and scalable.
What You’ll Do
Video Ads Tech Lead
Partner closely with Product and Design to build a roadmap that will transform our Video Ads format into an industry leader in the space, and drive the technical design and execution of projects that turn the roadmap into reality.
Technical Strategy
Provide guidance to the team working on building video ads as well as reddit-unique ad formats that scale to millions of users, by establishing Android best practices and providing design reviews.
Full-cycle Leadership
Drive the entire development lifecycle—from early-stage discovery and prototyping to testing, data-driven experimentation, and deployment.
Raise The Bar
Mentor senior engineers across teams in ad formats and establish best practices for design, testing and operational excellence, while also leading by example in understanding and advocating for our customers.
What We Expect From You
8+ years
of software engineering experience (Staff level seniority).
Android Mastery
(Minimum of 3+ years) Deep expertise in Kotlin and modern Android architectural patterns. Completed 4+ Android development projects from ideation to deployment in production.
Prior experience in
Ad Tech
, building highly interactive/rich-media mobile experiences.
Product Mindset
Proven track record of delivering user-facing features where UI polish and performance are critical.
System Design
Ability to navigate complex, data-intensive environments and build fault-tolerant client-side systems.
AI
: Experience leveraging GenAI tools to increase software engineering productivity.
Experimentation/analysis
Fluency working with product metrics, designing and analyzing experiments with exposure to tools like BigQuery, HEX, Firebase, etc.
Versatility
An openness to work across the stack when necessary and explore innovative approaches (e.g., AI/ML integration).
Entrepreneurial Spirit
You must be self-directed, innovative, and biased towards action. You live to build new things and thrive in ambiguity.
Excellent Communication Skills
You must be able to collaborate with teams in a fully remote environment, and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences.
An experienced technical leader with a strong track record of mentoring and uplifting team members technical skills and aptitude.
Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule for the team.
BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.
Bonus Points
Experience Working On Video Ads
Experience Working At A Scaled Peer Company
Experience With Jetpack Compose
Benefits
Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
401k with Employer Match
Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
Family Planning Support
Gender-Affirming Care
Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
Generous Paid Parental Leave
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 salary 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 Salary Range For This Position Is
$217,000
—
$303,900 USD
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Compensation
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Annual salary
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