Staff Software Engineer, Android Design System

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About This Role

Reddit is hiring a Staff Software Engineer for its Android Design System team. The role evolves the company's cross-platform design system and UI architecture, building reusable components and performance-focused patterns that product teams use across Reddit. It is a full-time, remote position for US-based candidates, suited to a senior Android engineer with at least six years of experience in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Expand the cross-platform design system with higher-level reusable components
• Work with product teams, designers and engineers so the system supports real product needs
• Contribute to Android architecture, rendering patterns and performance practices
• Build accessible components, patterns and documentation that teams can adopt by default

Requirements

• At least six years of software engineering experience, including leading cross-functional projects
• Experience building shared UI infrastructure such as design systems or component libraries
• Strong modern Android development with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose
• Expertise in UI architecture and performance optimization, using tools such as Instruments

Qualifications

• Familiarity with accessibility best practices
• Comfort with ambiguity, seeking feedback and continuous improvement

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare benefits and income replacement programs
• 401(k) with employer match, plus family planning and gender-affirming care support
• Flexible vacation, paid volunteer time off and generous paid parental leave

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