Android Engineer II (AI)

TL;DR

Android Engineer II (AI): Shaping the technical direction for Android Search and AI features, making tradeoffs between performance and features, and contributing to decisions based on user impact. Focus on reimagining AI and Search for mobile, leveraging mobile-specific capabilities like notifications, location, and device sensors to build context-aware experiences.

Location: Onsite in Seattle, Washington or Atlanta, Georgia

Company

Slack, a hirify.global company, is a digital HQ platform connecting teams and systems globally.

What you will do

• Shape the technical direction for Android Search and AI features.
• Make tradeoffs between performance and features for Android applications.
• Contribute to decisions about feature development based on user impact.
• Play a key role in AI mobile efforts, implementing features for search and AI user journeys.
• Leverage mobile-specific capabilities to build context-aware experiences.
• Collaborate closely with Product and Design teams to craft user experiences.

Requirements

• 2+ years of professional Android development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Kotlin and Android SDK.
• Experience with mobile architectural patterns (MVVM, MVI, etc.).
• Familiarity with RxJava, Coroutines, Flows, and dependency injection frameworks (Dagger, Anvil).
• Product mindset, caring about user experience, performance, and reliability.
• A related technical degree required.
• English: B2 required.

Nice to have

• Experience building search interfaces or working with search engines.
• Familiarity with AI/ML model integration on mobile platforms.
• Experience optimizing mobile apps for performance with compute-intensive features.

Culture & Benefits

• Foster a collaborative environment where everyone feels heard and motivated.
• Opportunity to be a lifelong learner who explores new ways to improve the product and processes.
• Take full ownership of work from start to finish, from codebase to user experience.
• Proactively identify gaps, propose solutions, and bring others along.
• Work within a positive, diverse, and supportive culture.
• Be curious, inventive, humble, hardworking, and collaborative.