Staff Software Engineer, Android - Slack Productivity Mobile

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

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
• 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