# Senior Software Engineer

**Company**: Salesforce
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $172,500 - $260,100 annually
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

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.

**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.

**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 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 Have**

- 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.

**Benefits**

- Generous benefits at Salesforce.

- Autonomous, self-starter working environment.

- Actively working on ways to be more inclusive in our culture and in our hiring.

**Salary** The typical base salary range for this position is $172,500 - $260,100 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $207,800 - $285,800 annually.

## Skills

### Required
- Android engineering
- Kotlin
- Jetpack Compose
- Android accessibility APIs
- TalkBack behavior
- accessibility testing infrastructure
- accessibility compliance frameworks

### Nice to have
- design systems
- component libraries
- accessibility standards
- third-party accessibility auditing tools
- public speaking
- writing on accessibility topics

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