Senior Android Engineer, Design System

Reddit, Inc.

Senior Android Engineer developing cross-platform design systems for Reddit's products. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve performance, accessibility, and developer experience.

Posted 7/10/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $190,800 - $267,100 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AndroidKotlin

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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, 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.
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

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

Software EngineeringComponent DesignPerformance OptimizationCross-Functional CollaborationDesign Systems

Soft Skills

Embracing AmbiguitySeeking FeedbackContinuous Improvement