Staff Android Prototyping Engineer

Salesforce; United States; Remote; USD 197,000 - 314,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce’s Slack Mobile team is seeking a Staff Engineer to shape the future of Slack’s mobile product. As a Prototyping Engineer, you’ll lead zero-to-one initiatives, shipping early working features and influencing product direction with Product, Design, and Backend partners.

You will operate with high velocity, drive complex cross-functional programs, mentor engineers, and establish best practices for mobile development and reliability across the organization.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including building complex Android apps at scale.
• Proven track record of starting initiatives beyond boundaries and taking them to production.
• Experience in fast-paced environments (startup/incubator/zero-to-one team).
• Proven ability to lead large, ambiguous, org-spanning technical initiatives with business impact.
• Deep expertise in Kotlin and modern Android development.
• Strong understanding of Android architecture, lifecycle, concurrency, networking, and performance.
• Ability to influence product and technical direction across stakeholders.
• Bias toward ownership, execution, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Shape the future of Slack on mobile by leading the engineering development of experiences used by millions of users, spanning multiple teams and the broader organization.
• Lead the most complex, ambiguous, cross-functional initiatives from early exploration through production rollout.
• Lead feature prototyping to define the mobile user experience for Slack’s biggest opportunities.
• Partner closely with Product and Design to balance user needs, technical constraints, and long-term maintainability.
• Influence engineering decisions beyond your immediate team through leadership, reviews, and mentorship.
• Set and evangelize best practices for mobile feature development and operational excellence across the organization.
• Mentor senior engineers and contribute to the growth of the broader mobile engineering community.
• A related technical degree required.

Skills

Android development

Kotlin

Cross-functional leadership

Mentorship

Product reviews

Mobile architecture

Ownership & initiative

Education

Related technical degree

Tools

Jetpack Compose

Needle

Resolver

Job description

Salesforce’s Slack Mobile team is seeking a Staff Engineer to shape the future of Slack’s mobile product. As a Prototyping Engineer, you’ll lead zero-to-one initiatives, shipping early working features and influencing product direction with Product, Design, and Backend partners.

You will operate with high velocity, drive complex cross-functional programs, mentor engineers, and establish best practices for mobile development and reliability across the organization.