Slack · 1 week ago
Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Android
Slack, a Salesforce company, is a digital headquarters that brings people, applications, customers, and AI agents together for communication and collaboration. The Senior Staff Android Engineer will define the technical strategy and architecture for Slack's mobile platform, lead complex organization-wide initiatives, and shape Android experiences used by millions of users. The role also provides technical authority, cross-functional leadership, mentorship, and direction for performance, reliability, accessibility, and AI-powered mobile capabilities.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Enterprise SoftwareTelecom & CommunicationsSaaSCollaborationMessagingProductivity Tools
Comp. & BenefitsH1B Sponsor Likely
Responsibilities
Define the multi-year technical strategy behind experiences used by millions of Slack users every day, spanning multiple teams and the broader organization
Lead the most complex, ambiguous, cross-functional initiatives from early technical exploration through production rollout and long-term evolution, often spanning several teams or the entire org
Lead feature prototyping to define the Android user experience for Slack’s biggest opportunities
Partner with Product and Design leadership to shape experiences that balance user needs, technical constraints, and long-term maintainability at scale
Identify and drive org-wide opportunities to improve performance, reliability, accessibility, and developer productivity
Act as a top-level technical authority, influencing engineering decisions across the org through architecture reviews, technical strategy, and mentorship of staff and senior engineers
Set and evangelize best practices for Android development, testing, observability, and operational excellence across the broader engineering organization
Drive the evolution of Slack's mobile architecture and infrastructure to support future product investments, including AI-powered experiences
Mentor and grow other Staff and Senior engineers, and help cultivate technical leadership across the broader Android engineering community within Slack
Qualification
Required
Proven track record, at an Architect level, of leading large, ambiguous, org-spanning technical initiatives with significant measurable business impact
Deep experience designing systems and architectures that scale across many teams and long-lived codebases over many years
Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction purely through expertise and collaboration, driving alignment across executive and senior stakeholders and multiple teams
15+ years of professional software engineering experience, including extensive experience building and scaling Android applications in production
Deep, recognized expertise in Kotlin and modern Android development, with a track record of setting technical standards that others across the industry or company follow
Expert understanding of Android architecture, application lifecycle, concurrency, networking, and performance optimization at scale
Strong product intuition and a passion for creating exceptional user experiences
Excellent communication skills and a track record of influencing across Engineering, Product, and Design leadership, including executive stakeholders
A bias toward ownership, execution, and continuous improvement, with the judgment to prioritize the highest-leverage work across the organization
Preferred
Experience with Jetpack Compose and modern Android architecture patterns
Experience building shared platforms, design systems, or developer infrastructure used across multiple teams
Deep expertise in application performance, startup optimization, reliability, and observability at scale
Experience leading large-scale technical migrations or architectural transformations spanning multiple teams or the whole org
Contributions to open source projects or the Android community, or other external recognition of technical leadership
Experience building collaboration, productivity, messaging, AI, or enterprise software products
Benefits
Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits.
Time off programs
Medical
Dental
Vision
Mental health support
Paid parental leave
Life and disability insurance
401(k)
An employee stock purchasing program
Office Tech-Flexible
Company
Slack
AI work platform for team collaboration and workflow automation.
H1B Sponsorship
Slack has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
85%
Represents job field similar to this job
Engineering and Development
Product Management
Management and Executive
Sales
Accounting and Finance
Arts and Entertainment
Legal and Compliance
Creatives and Design
Marketing
Trends of Total Sponsorships
*2022 (4)
2021 (72)
2020 (71)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.4BKey Investors
Dragoneer Investment Group,General AtlanticSoftBank Vision FundThrive Capital
2020-12-01Acquired
2019-06-20IPO
2019-01-28Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Steve Hamrick
VP, Product Management
Greg Ratner
Senior Director of Software Engineering
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