Senior Android Accessibility Engineer

salesforce.com, inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 173,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce Slack team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own Android accessibility across Slack, from Kit components to platform-wide testing and compliance strategy. You will be the primary technical owner for Android a11y, collaborating with the iOS accessibility team, design systems, and feature teams to ensure Slack is usable for everyone.

You will mentor engineers, evolve a11y test suites, and drive VPAT compliance while planning accessibility testing with QA partners and coordinating

Qualifications

• 5+ years Android engineering experience, including Kotlin and Jetpack Compose in a team environment.
• Hands‑on expertise with Android accessibility APIs and TalkBack behavior.
• Experience building or maintaining accessibility testing infrastructure.
• Familiarity with accessibility compliance frameworks (e.g. WCAG, VPAT) and experience driving compliance work end-to-end.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills - you'll work with design systems, iOS and feature teams regularly.

Responsibilities

• Drive accessibility for Slack Kit Compose components - audit and fix issues, and build/maintain snapshot and automated a11y testing.
• Diagnose and fix TalkBack/framework issues and generalize fixes into shared utilities other teams can adopt.
• Own and evolve Android a11y test suites and infrastructure, including custom tooling and third-party integrations for automated UI-test coverage.
• Provide accessibility guidance to feature teams on complex UI work - labeling, focus order, state announcements, and audible feedback for interactive actions.
• Lead VPAT compliance efforts: triage and resolve related tickets, group recurring issues into epics, and clearly document Slack's compliance posture.
• Plan and run accessibility testing across major features and partner with QA vendors on regression testing.
• Represent Android in cross-platform mobile accessibility planning, coordinating with iOS counterparts, design systems, and feature teams
• Mentor Android engineers on accessibility best practices, run onboarding sessions, and share knowledge broadly (docs, newsletters, external talks).

Skills

Android

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

a11y testing

VPAT/WCAG

Job description

Salesforce Slack team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own Android accessibility across Slack, from Kit components to platform-wide testing and compliance strategy. You will be the primary technical owner for Android a11y, collaborating with the iOS accessibility team, design systems, and feature teams to ensure Slack is usable for everyone.

You will mentor engineers, evolve a11y test suites, and drive VPAT compliance while planning accessibility testing with QA partners and coordinating