Staff Android Engineer, Brand Ad Formats
$217K–$304K
Remote - United States · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 12, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of software engineering experience; minimum 3+ years of Android expertise. 4+ Android projects from ideation to production.
- Education
- BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads Android technical strategy and delivery for Reddit Video Ads and distinctive ad formats, building scalable, high-performance experiences for brand advertisers.
What you'll do
- Set the Video Ads technical roadmap with Product and Design, and lead its technical design and execution.
- Guide Android engineering practices and design reviews for scalable video and Reddit-specific ad formats.
- Lead development from discovery and prototyping through testing, experimentation, and deployment; mentor engineers and improve team practices.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of software engineering experience; at least 3 years of deep Kotlin and modern Android architecture experience, with 4+ Android projects delivered to production.
- Ad Tech experience building highly interactive or rich-media mobile experiences.
- Experience delivering polished, performant user-facing features and designing fault-tolerant client-side systems in complex, data-intensive environments.
- BS in Computer Science or a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Nice to have
- Experience working on Video Ads or at a scaled peer company.
- Experience with Jetpack Compose.
Pay
$217,000–$303,900 USD base salary
Tools
Kotlin, BigQuery, HEX, Firebase, Jetpack Compose
AI focus
Use GenAI tools to increase software engineering productivity; the team is building AI-driven ads incorporating UGC, and the role may explore AI/ML integration.
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