Senior Android Engineer, Design System

United StatesRemote

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.

With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 126 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information.
This is an Android role on Reddit’s Design System Team. The mission of the Design System Team is to deliver a cohesive, modern and accessible
experience across all of Reddit’s platforms.
As a Senior Android engineer on the Design System Team, you will help evolve Reddit’s cross-platform design system and UI architecture that powers experiences across the company.
This role has broad scope and impact, helping shape the future of frontend development at Reddit. What You’ll Do :
experience , contributing to shared tooling, documentation, and platform improvements that help engineers build reliable, consistent UI across Reddit’s products. You Have:
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.
Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of
In select roles and locations, the interviews will be recorded, transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI).

6+ years of software engineering experience, with a track record of leading cross-functional projects and delivering solutions with broad product impact. •

Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
401k with Employer Match
Gender-Affirming Care
Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
Generous Paid Parental Leave Pay Transparency:
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.
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.
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.
The base salary range for this position is: $190,800 — $267,100 USD

It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet.
You will build reusable components, improve platform capabilities, and help establish frontend patterns that enable product teams to ship high-quality experiences efficiently.
Advance accessibility across the platform , building accessible components, patterns, tooling, and documentation that help teams adopt accessibility best practices by default.
Experience building and maintaining shared UI infrastructure, such as design systems, component libraries, or frontend infrastructure used across multiple teams. Strong
You embody Reddit’s core value of “Evolve” — you embrace ambiguity, seek feedback, and continuously improve your craft and the platform you help build. Benefits:
Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
This job posting may span more than one career level.
Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work
experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.
You will have the opportunity to opt out of recording, transcription and summarization prior to any scheduled interviews.