Senior iOS Engineer, Media Experience
San Francisco, CA · Senior · Contract
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$2,349 more — $193,149 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $193,149 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
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About the role
- 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 130 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet's largest sources of information.
Responsibilities
- 🚀 Drive the Technical Strategy for Media Engagement
- Lead the iOS architecture for user-facing features that boost video discovery and consumption. You'll design and build immersive viewing surfaces and intuitive UI/UX flows that directly maximize watch time, user retention, and daily active video consumers.
- You will collaborate closely with client media infra, backend, Feeds, and ML ranking teams.
- 🤝 Lead Cross-Functional Execution
- Act as a strategic engineering partner to Product, Design, and Data Science. You will help shape the product roadmap, ensuring that our ambitious growth goals align with the technical realities and best practices of iOS development.
- Ensure that our drive for product growth never compromises app stability or rendering performance.
- A strategic partner, not just a technologist.
- Lead the iOS architecture for user-facing features that boost video discovery and consumption.
- You'll design and build immersive viewing surfaces and intuitive UI/UX flows that directly maximize watch time, user retention, and daily active video consumers.
- Partner with senior management to foster an environment where rapid prototyping and A/B testing thrive.
Requirements
- 🔬 Champion for User Experience With An Experiment-Driven Culture
- 5+ years of hands-on iOS experience.
- You can effectively distill complex technical trade-offs for any audience-whether you're collaborating on a whiteboard with peers or presenting a roadmap review to executive stakeholders.
Nice to have
- Media product expertise.
- Familiarity with HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) and integrating with recommendation/feed systems is a massive plus.
Compensation
- 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.
- 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.
Benefits
- Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
- Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
- Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
- Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
- Generous Paid Parental Leave
- 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.
Company info
- Your role is to translate powerful platform capabilities-such as HLS streaming and personalized recommendations-into seamless, delightful front-end iOS features that users love.
- You ensure metrics are part of the design process, not just an afterthought in a dashboard.
- Reddit is a community of communities.
Equal opportunity
- Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve.
- If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during the interview process, please let your recruiter know.
Visa & Work Authorization
- You will have the opportunity to opt out of recording, transcription and summarization prior to any scheduled interviews.
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