Staff Software Engineer, Android - Slack Productivity Mobile

Salesforce•Atlanta, GA

12d

About The Position

Salesforce is seeking a Staff Android Engineer to join the Productivity Mobile team, which builds key mobile experiences like Canvas, Lists, Huddles, Clips, and Files. This team focuses on helping users create, organize, share, and act on information on the go, operating at the intersection of product innovation, mobile platform excellence, and large-scale engineering. The systems developed support millions of daily users and require significant investment in performance, reliability, accessibility, and user experience. The role involves technical leadership to shape the future of productivity on mobile, driving architecture and engineering strategy, influencing product direction, and solving complex technical challenges within Slack's Android application. The engineer will collaborate with Product, Design, Backend, Infrastructure, iOS, and other mobile engineers to deliver intuitive, performant, and reliable experiences.

Requirements

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.

Nice To Haves

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.

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.