Staff Software Engineer, Android - Slack Productivity Mobile
$197,300–$313,700 year
On-siteSan Francisco, California, United States or Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Job Summary
Shape the future of productivity on mobile by leading architecture and technical strategy behind experiences used by millions of Slack users daily. Drive complex, cross-functional initiatives from early exploration through production rollout, partnering with Product, Design, and backend teams to deliver intuitive, performant mobile experiences. Identify platform-wide opportunities to improve reliability, accessibility, and developer productivity while establishing best practices for Android development and observability. Mentor senior engineers and influence engineering decisions beyond your immediate team to evolve Slack's mobile infrastructure for future AI-powered investments.
Required 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
- experience working across Engineering, Product, and Design organizations
- A bias toward ownership, execution, and continuous improvement
Desired 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
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