Senior Software Engineer, Android Accessibility

Slack • Seattle, WA

8d • $172,500 - $285,800

About The Position

Slack is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to own Android accessibility across the app — from Slack Kit component-level fixes to platform-wide screen reader, testing, and compliance strategy. You’ll be the primary technical owner of Android a11y, working closely with the iOS/mobile accessibility team, design systems, and feature teams to make Slack usable for everyone.

Requirements

• 5+ years Android engineering experience, including Kotlin and Jetpack Compose in a team environment
• Hands-on expertise with Android accessibility APIs and TalkBack behavior.
• Experience building or maintaining accessibility testing infrastructure.
• Familiarity with accessibility compliance frameworks (e.g. WCAG, VPAT) and experience driving compliance work end-to-end.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills — you’ll work with design systems, iOS and feature teams regularly.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with design systems / component libraries and accessibility standards.
• Familiarity with third-party accessibility auditing tools or building custom static-analysis/scanning tools.
• Public speaking or writing on accessibility topics.
• Experience using Slack and a keen interest in making it better

Responsibilities

• Drive accessibility for Slack Kit Compose components — audit and fix issues, and build/maintain snapshot and automated a11y testing.
• Diagnose and fix TalkBack/framework issues and generalize fixes into shared utilities other teams can adopt.
• Own and evolve Android a11y test suites and infrastructure, including custom tooling and third-party integrations for automated UI-test coverage.
• Provide accessibility guidance to feature teams on complex UI work — labeling, focus order, state announcements, and audible feedback for interactive actions.
• Lead VPAT compliance efforts: triage and resolve related tickets, group recurring issues into epics, and clearly document Slack’s compliance posture.
• Plan and run accessibility testing across major features and partner with QA vendors on regression testing.
• Represent Android in cross-platform mobile accessibility planning, coordinating with iOS counterparts, design systems, and feature teams
• Mentor Android engineers on accessibility best practices, run onboarding sessions, and share knowledge broadly (docs, newsletters, external talks).

Benefits

• time off programs
• medical
• dental
• vision
• mental health support
• paid parental leave
• life and disability insurance
• 401(k)
• employee stock purchasing program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed