Senior Android Engineer, Design System

at Reddit

📍 United States

USD 190,800-267,100 per year

SENIOR

✅ Remote

Tech Stack
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Android @ 7 Android Development @ 7 Jetpack Compose @ 7 Kotlin @ 7 Performance Optimization @ 6

Details

Reddit is hiring a Senior Android Engineer to join its Design System Team. The team delivers a cohesive, modern, and accessible experience across Reddit’s platforms. In this role, you will help evolve Reddit’s cross-platform design system and UI architecture, build reusable components, improve platform capabilities, and establish frontend patterns that enable product teams to ship high-quality experiences efficiently.

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 with product teams, designers, and engineers to ensure the design system and UI infrastructure support real product needs.
Improve performance at scale by contributing to Android architecture, rendering patterns, and performance-focused development practices.
Advance accessibility across the platform by building accessible components, patterns, tooling, and documentation.
Strengthen developer experience through shared tooling, documentation, and platform improvements that help engineers build reliable, consistent user interfaces across Reddit’s products.

Requirements

6+ years of software engineering experience, with a track record of leading cross-functional projects and delivering solutions with 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.
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.
Ability to embrace ambiguity, seek feedback, and continuously improve both technical craft and the platform.

Benefits

Comprehensive healthcare benefits and income replacement programs.
401(k) with employer match.
Global benefit programs supporting workspace, professional development, and caregiving.
Family planning support.
Gender-affirming care.
Mental health and coaching benefits.
Flexible vacation and paid volunteer time off.
Generous paid parental leave.

Compensation

The base salary range for this position is $190,800–$267,100 USD. The role is also eligible for equity in the form of restricted stock units and may be eligible for a commission depending on the position offered.