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Staff Software Engineer, Android Design System

Reddit· Consumer Engineering
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Remote$217k - $303.9kFull-timePosted 5d ago

About the role

Android engineer on Reddit’s Design System Team focused on evolving and strengthening Reddit’s cross-platform design system, UI architecture, and reusable components to enable product teams to ship high-quality experiences with strong performance and accessibility.

Responsibilities

  • Evolve Reddit’s cross-platform design system by expanding its capabilities and developing higher-level reusable components that accelerate product development while maintaining consistency and quality
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with product teams, designers, and engineers to ensure the design system and UI infrastructure effectively support real product needs
  • Improve performance at scale, contributing to Android architecture, rendering patterns, and performance-focused development practices that make performance a built-in feature of the platform
  • Advance accessibility across the platform, building accessible components, patterns, tooling, and documentation that help teams adopt accessibility best practices by default
  • Strengthen developer experience, contributing to shared tooling, documentation, and platform improvements that help engineers build reliable, consistent UI across Reddit’s products

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of software engineering experience with leadership of cross-functional projects and broad product impact
  • Experience building and maintaining shared UI infrastructure, such as design systems, component libraries, or frontend infrastructure used across multiple teams
  • Strong experience with modern Android development using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, with expertise in UI architecture, scalable component design, and performance optimization using tools such as Instruments
  • Familiarity with accessibility best practices and an interest in building components, tooling, or documentation that help teams ship accessible experiences by default
  • Embody Reddit’s core value of “Evolve” — embracing ambiguity, seeking feedback, and continuously improving craftsmanship

Skills

Required:Android development (Kotlin)Jetpack ComposeDesign systems / component libraries
Nice to have:Accessibility

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
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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