Staff Software Engineer, Android - Slack Productivity Mobile
Georgia - AtlantaAll locationsGeorgia - AtlantaNew York - New YorkCalifornia - San Francisco On-site
$197,300–$313,700 a yearJobFig found this opening at its original source and checks that it remains available.
About 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 bring
- 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.