Staff Software Engineer, Android - Slack Productivity Mobile

Salesforce; New York (NY); On-site; USD 197,300 - 313,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health benefits

401(k) with company match

Employee stock purchasing program

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Staff Android Engineer to enhance mobile productivity for Slack users. In this role, you will shape the technical strategy and lead cross-functional projects that impact millions of users globally.

The ideal candidate has extensive Android development experience, strong mentoring abilities, and a passion for exceptional user experiences. This position requires collaboration with diverse teams to deliver top-notch mobile applications supported by best practices in development.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, particularly in Android applications.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work across various teams.
• Proven track record in leading complex technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical strategy behind mobile experiences for Slack.
• Drive cross-functional initiatives from design to rollout.
• Establish best practices for Android development.

Skills

Kotlin

Android development

Collaboration

Technical leadership

Mentorship

User experience design

Performance optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Android Studio

Jetpack Compose

Job description

About Salesforce

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. Innovation isn’t a buzzword – it’s a way of life. The world of work is changing, and we’re looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.

Ready to level‑up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

About Slack

Slack is your Digital HQ – bringing people, apps, customers, and AI agents together in one place. Millions of people use Slack every day to communicate, collaborate, and get work done. As work becomes increasingly distributed and AI‑powered, Slack is redefining how teams operate and how productivity happens at scale.

The Team

The Productivity Mobile team builds many of Slack's most important mobile experiences, including Canvas, Lists, Huddles, Clips, Files, and other emerging collaboration surfaces. Our mission is to help users create, organize, share, and act on information wherever they are.

We operate at the intersection of product innovation, mobile platform excellence, and large‑scale engineering. The systems we build support millions of daily users and require deep investments in performance, reliability, accessibility, and user experience.

The Role

We’re looking for a Staff Android Engineer to help shape the future of productivity on mobile. As a Staff Engineer, you’ll serve as a technical leader across multiple teams and initiatives. You’ll drive architecture and engineering strategy, influence product direction, and help solve some of the most challenging technical problems in Slack's Android application. You’ll work closely with Product, Design, Backend, Infrastructure, iOS, and fellow mobile engineers to deliver experiences that are intuitive, performant, and reliable for millions of users worldwide. This role combines hands‑on technical leadership with broad organizational influence.

What You’ll Do

• 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.
• Help evolve Slack's mobile architecture and infrastructure to support future product investments, including AI‑powered experiences.
• Mentor senior engineers and contribute to the growth of the broader Android engineering community within Slack.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven track record of leading large, ambiguous technical initiatives with measurable business impact.
• Experience designing systems and architectures that scale across multiple teams and long‑lived codebases.
• Ability to influence technical direction through collaboration rather than authority and drive alignment across diverse stakeholders.
• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Jetpack Compose and modern Android architecture patterns.
• Experience building shared platforms, design systems, or developer infrastructure.
• Expertise in application performance, startup optimization, reliability, and observability.
• Experience leading technical migrations or large‑scale architectural transformations.
• Contributions to open source projects or the Android community.
• Experience building collaboration, productivity, messaging, AI, or enterprise software products.

Why Join Us?

You’ll have the opportunity to influence the direction of Slack's mobile platform, shape experiences used by millions of people, and work alongside some of the strongest mobile engineers in the industry. You’ll help define how work gets done on mobile in an increasingly AI‑powered world.

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love.

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Compensation and Benefits

In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well, including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. The typical base salary range for this position is $197,300 – $313,700 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $237,700 – $344,700 annually. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.