Senior Software Engineer, Android Accessibility

About the role

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.

What you’ll do

• 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 (docs, newsletters, external talks).

What we’re looking for

• 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 (e.g. WCAG, VPAT) 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

What It's Like Working Here

• We provide generous benefits at Salesforce
• Autonomous, self‑starter working environment
• We actively work on ways to be more inclusive in our culture and in our hiring