Staff Android Prototyping Engineer - Lead Mobile Prototypes

James from Montana; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 238,000 - 345,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Staff Prototyping Engineer, Android, to shape Slack's mobile product. You will lead greenfield prototyping and partner with Product, Design, Backend, and mobile engineers to ship first working experiences used by millions of users daily.

You will own ambiguous initiatives from exploration to production rollout, set mobile best practices, mentor senior engineers, and influence product direction across teams while delivering reliable, high-performance Android experiences at

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience including Android at scale.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and move from exploration to production.
• Deep expertise in Kotlin and modern Android development.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Kotlin

Android development

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Performance optimization

Jetpack Compose

Dependency injection

Open source contribution

Education

Computer Science or related field

Tools

Android Studio

Gradle

Jetpack Compose

Job description

Salesforce is seeking a Staff Prototyping Engineer, Android, to shape Slack's mobile product. You will lead greenfield prototyping and partner with Product, Design, Backend, and mobile engineers to ship first working experiences used by millions of users daily.

You will own ambiguous initiatives from exploration to production rollout, set mobile best practices, mentor senior engineers, and influence product direction across teams while delivering reliable, high-performance Android experiences at