Staff Android Engineer, Brand Ad Formats at Reddit
$217,000–$303,900
Aug 11, 2026
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Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Staff-level Android engineer role on Reddit's Brand Ad Formats team, focused on leading the technical strategy and execution for Video Ads and other interactive ad formats on Android. The role involves setting architectural direction, mentoring senior engineers, and driving full-cycle development from prototyping through production at scale. It suits a seasoned Android engineer with ad tech experience who is comfortable operating as a cross-team technical leader.
Staff level · 8+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 960 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (mobile application developers). range 580–1,450
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 13, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The 3+ years of Android/Kotlin experience is stated as a minimum within the requirements block, alongside the broader 8+ years of overall software engineering experience.
Ad Tech experience (building highly interactive/rich-media mobile experiences) is listed as a hard requirement but names no specific platform or tool — it is captured as a role-level expectation rather than a named technology skill.
BigQuery and HEX are listed as example tools ('exposure to tools like BigQuery, HEX, Firebase, etc.') within the requirements block; HEX is omitted as it is a niche analytics notebook tool with no canonical single-product name in this context, while BigQuery and Firebase are captured as preferred given the 'exposure to' framing.
Jetpack Compose appears only under Bonus Points and is marked preferred accordingly.
GenAI is listed as a required skill ('Experience leveraging GenAI tools') in the requirements block, though it names no specific product; it is captured as a named technology category per the posting's framing.
The posting is tagged '#LI-Remote', confirming fully remote eligibility; no specific US metro or state is mentioned.
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