Staff Software Engineer, Android

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Slack is seeking an experienced Android engineer to shape the future of mobile productivity at scale. You will own architecture, drive technical strategy, and collaborate with product and design to deliver delightful experiences used by millions.

You will lead cross-functional initiatives from exploration to production rollout, mentor engineers, establish best practices, and elevate performance, reliability, accessibility, and developer productivity across the Android platform.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Significant experience building Android applications at scale.
• Deep expertise in Kotlin and modern Android development.
• Strong understanding of Android architecture, application lifecycle, concurrency, networking, and performance optimization.
• Strong product intuition and a passion for creating exceptional user experiences.
• Excellent communication skills and experience working across Engineering, Product, and Design organizations.
• a bias toward ownership, execution, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• shape the future of productivity on mobile by leading the architecture and technical strategy behind experiences used by millions of Slack users every day
• lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from early technical exploration through production rollout and long-term evolution
• partner closely with Product and Design to shape experiences that balance user needs, technical constraints, and long-term maintainability
• identify platform-wide opportunities to improve performance, reliability, accessibility, and developer productivity
• influence engineering decisions beyond your immediate team through technical leadership, design reviews, and mentorship
• establish best practices for Android development, testing, observability, and operational excellence
• mentor senior engineers and contribute to the growth of the broader Android engineering community within Slack

Skills

Kotlin

Android development

Architectural patterns

Performance optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentorship

Ownership

Job description

Responsibilities

• shape the future of productivity on mobile by leading the architecture and technical strategy behind experiences used by millions of Slack users every day
• lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from early technical exploration through production rollout and long-term evolution
• partner closely with Product and Design to shape experiences that balance user needs, technical constraints, and long-term maintainability
• identify platform-wide opportunities to improve performance, reliability, accessibility, and developer productivity
• influence engineering decisions beyond your immediate team through technical leadership, design reviews, and mentorship
• establish best practices for Android development, testing, observability, and operational excellence
• mentor senior engineers and contribute to the growth of the broader Android engineering community within Slack

Requirements

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience
• significant experience building Android applications at scale
• deep expertise in Kotlin and modern Android development
• strong understanding of Android architecture, application lifecycle, concurrency, networking, and performance optimization
• strong product intuition and a passion for creating exceptional user experiences
• excellent communication skills and experience working across Engineering, Product, and Design organizations
• a bias toward ownership, execution, and continuous improvement