Staff Software Engineer, Android Design System
Reddit · Remote - United States
About this role
**Staff Software Engineer, Android Design System** Reddit is a community of communities—built on shared interests, passion, and trust. With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 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. ## What you’ll do - **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** by building accessible components, patterns, tooling, and documentation that help teams adopt accessibility best practices by default. - **Strengthen developer experience** by contributing to shared tooling, documentation, and platform improvements that help engineers build reliable, consistent UI across Reddit’s products. ## You have - **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** (e.g., design systems, component libraries, or frontend infrastructure used across multiple teams). - Strong experience with **modern Android development using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose**, including UI architecture, scalable component design, and performance optimization (e.g., using Instruments). - Familiarity with **accessibility best practices** and interest in building components, tooling, or documentation that help teams ship accessible experiences by default. - You embody Reddit’s core value of **“Evolve”**—embracing ambiguity, seeking feedback, and continuously improving your craft and the platform you help build. ## Benefits - Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs - 401k with Employer Match - Global benefit programs (workspace, professional development, caregiving support) - Family Planning Support - Gender-Affirming Care - Mental Health & Coaching Benefits - Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off - Generous Paid Parental Leave ## Pay transparency (US) - **Base salary range:** **$217,000 — $303,900 USD** - In addition to base salary, the role may be eligible for **equity (RSUs)** and, depending on the position, **commission**. ## Interview recording notice (select roles/locations) In select roles and locations, interviews may be recorded, transcribed, and summarized by AI. You can opt out prior to scheduled interviews. ## Equal opportunity Reddit is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans during the application process.
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