We're looking for people who are passionate about creating great Android applications. Are you as comfortable composing efficient layouts that work well across various screen sizes and densities as you are debugging performance issues in the persistence layer? Then we need you!

You've been around for a few API levels and you know how to delight Android users. Use your extensive knowledge of building applications across a wide array of Android devices to make the Slack experience on Android be the best it can possibly be. Slack on Android is used by tens of thousands of people every day - we need engineers who want to make that experience as enjoyable as possible.

Requirements 

• Extensive understanding of Android framework components and their respective lifecycles 
• Strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms and programming languages 
• An excellent understanding of best practices for networking, concurrency and threading 
• Current and detailed knowledge of the capabilities of different Android API levels 
• Experience developing highly performant Java code and view layouts and the ability to diagnose performance bottlenecks
• A disciplined approach to development, testing, documentation and code structure in a team environment 
• Experience working closely with product teams, designers, and other developers to create a truly delightful mobile experience
• A familiarity with the Android tool ecosystem for development, testing, debugging, and performance benchmarking
• At least four years engineering experience, a large portion of which in a team environment 
• A constant desire to improve, learn more and take things higher

Bonus Points

• Academic background in computer science (BSc or MSc)
• Experience using Slack, and a keen interest in making it better
• A passion for building and maintaining great open source projects or otherwise contributing to the Android community 
• Experience with web development, distributed systems and parallel processing 
• Experience in a constantly evolving start-up environment

 

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Slack is a team communication tool. It brings together all of your team communications in one place, instantly searchable and available wherever you go. Launched in February 2014 it is now the fastest growing B2B application ever and used by over 1.7 million daily active users. Our investors include Accel Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, The Social + Capital Partnership, KPCB and Google Ventures.

We’re a San Francisco-based company founded by core members of the original Flickr team. We are on a mission to make people’s working lives simpler, more pleasant, and more productive. We’ve spent a lot of time creating a welcoming, respectful, and empathetic culture.

Slack Technologies, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.