Senior Staff Android Engineer: Visionary Mobile Architect

Slack Enterprise; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 218,000 - 365,000; Full time

Job summary

Slack Enterprise is seeking a Senior Staff Android Engineer (Architect) to define the multi-year technical strategy for Slack’s Android experiences. You will lead cross-team initiatives spanning multiple orgs, shaping the Android user experience and setting standards for performance and reliability at scale.

You’ll mentor staff engineers, collaborate with Product, Design, and Backend teams, and drive architecture decisions that impact millions of users.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of professional software engineering experience, including Android apps
• Deep expertise in Kotlin and modern Android development
• Experience leading large, org-spanning architectural initiatives
• Ability to influence direction through collaboration with execs and senior engineers
• Strong understanding of Android architecture, concurrency, networking, and performance

Responsibilities

• Define multi-year technical strategy for Slack’s Android experiences across teams
• Lead complex cross-functional initiatives from exploration to production rollout
• Prototype features to shape the Android user experience
• Partner with Product/Design to balance user needs and technical constraints
• Mentor staff and senior engineers and promote best practices in Android development

Skills

Android architecture

Kotlin

Android development

Leadership

Cross-team collaboration

Job description

Slack Enterprise is seeking a Senior Staff Android Engineer (Architect) to define the multi-year technical strategy for Slack’s Android experiences. You will lead cross-team initiatives spanning multiple orgs, shaping the Android user experience and setting standards for performance and reliability at scale.

You’ll mentor staff engineers, collaborate with Product, Design, and Backend teams, and drive architecture decisions that impact millions of users.