Staff Prototyping Engineer: Android Innovation Lead

100 Salesforce; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 238,000 - 345,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce's Slack Mobile team seeks a Staff Engineer to shape the future of Slack's mobile product. As a Prototyping Engineer, you'll lead greenfield initiatives, defining early versions of new features with product, design, and backend partners.

You will mentor engineers, drive cross-functional initiatives, and set best practices for mobile development, focusing on Kotlin, Android architecture, and high-scale experiences used by millions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with Android at scale.
• Proven ability to lead large, org-spanning initiatives.
• 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 with stakeholders.
• Ownership mindset and bias toward execution.

Responsibilities

• Shape Slack on mobile by leading the engineering development of experiences used by millions of users every day.
• Lead complex cross-functional initiatives from exploration to production rollout.
• Prototype mobile features to define the mobile user experience for Slack's biggest opportunities.
• Collaborate with Product and Design to balance user needs and constraints.
• Influence decisions through leadership, reviews, and mentorship.
• Set best practices for mobile feature development and operational excellence.
• Mentor senior engineers and grow the mobile engineering community.
• A related technical degree required.

Skills

Android development

Kotlin

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentorship

Product knowledge

Jetpack Compose

Education

Related technical degree

Job description

Salesforce's Slack Mobile team seeks a Staff Engineer to shape the future of Slack's mobile product. As a Prototyping Engineer, you'll lead greenfield initiatives, defining early versions of new features with product, design, and backend partners.

You will mentor engineers, drive cross-functional initiatives, and set best practices for mobile development, focusing on Kotlin, Android architecture, and high-scale experiences used by millions.