Senior iOS Engineer, Media Experience

Responsibilities

• Lead iOS architecture and technical strategy for features that improve video discovery, consumption, watch time, retention, and daily active video users.
• Design and build immersive video viewing surfaces and intuitive native iOS user experiences.
• Partner with senior management and cross-functional teams to support rapid prototyping, A/B testing, experimentation, and data-informed product decisions.
• Translate HLS streaming, personalized recommendations, and media platform capabilities into seamless iOS features.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Data Science, backend, Feeds, and ML ranking teams on roadmap and execution.
• Establish best practices for media integration, complex media lifecycles, app stability, rendering performance, and constrained-device or network scenarios.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on iOS experience developing user-facing native mobile applications at scale using Swift.
• Experience leading cross-team technical projects tied to business outcomes such as watch time or daily active users.
• Strong data-informed decision-making skills involving experimentation, funnels, retention, and Quality of Experience metrics.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, work at growth-team speed, and communicate technical trade-offs to peers and executive stakeholders.
• Hands-on experience optimizing video player performance or building feature-rich products on core media playback components such as AVFoundation and VideoToolbox.
• Familiarity with Live Streaming and integrating with recommendation or feed systems is preferred.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare benefits and income replacement programs.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Global benefits supporting workspace, professional development, caregiving, family planning, gender-affirming care, and mental health and coaching.
• Flexible vacation, paid volunteer time off, and generous paid parental leave.
• The role may include equity in restricted stock units and, depending on the position offered, commission.
• U.S.-based employees may receive medical, dental, and vision insurance and other benefits described by Reddit.
• Interviews may be recorded, transcribed, and summarized by AI in select roles and locations, with an opportunity to opt out.