[Remote] Staff Software Engineer, Android - Slack Productivity Mobile
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, driving customer success through innovation. They are seeking a Staff Android Engineer to lead the architecture and technical strategy for Slack's mobile productivity applications, influencing product direction and solving complex technical challenges.
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
- 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
Skills
- 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
- 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
Benefits
- 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.
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