Senior Android Accessibility Engineer - Lead a11y at Scale

salesforce.com, inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 173,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous benefits

Autonomous work environment

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Salesforce seeks a Senior Android Accessibility Engineer to own accessibility across the Slack Android app, collaborating with iOS and design systems teams. You will lead a11y strategy, fix TalkBack issues, and build testing infrastructure to ensure inclusive experiences for all users.

You will mentor engineers, guide VPAT compliance, and drive cross-team accessibility planning while contributing to code and tooling that makes Slack accessible and reliable for everyone.

Qualifications

• 5+ years Android engineering experience with Kotlin/Jetpack Compose.
• Hands-on expertise with Android accessibility APIs and TalkBack behavior.
• Experience building or maintaining accessibility testing infrastructure.

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

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

Android accessibility APIs

TalkBack behavior

Accessibility testing

Cross-functional collaboration

VPAT/WCAG compliance

Job description

Salesforce seeks a Senior Android Accessibility Engineer to own accessibility across the Slack Android app, collaborating with iOS and design systems teams. You will lead a11y strategy, fix TalkBack issues, and build testing infrastructure to ensure inclusive experiences for all users.

You will mentor engineers, guide VPAT compliance, and drive cross-team accessibility planning while contributing to code and tooling that makes Slack accessible and reliable for everyone.