[Remote] Staff Software Engineer (Android)

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Note The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. SpotOn is a company dedicated to providing independent restaurants with innovative technology solutions. They are seeking a Staff Android Software Engineer to lead technical direction for their Android-native POS and handheld applications, ensuring resilience and performance while mentoring other engineers. Responsibilities Define and drive the multi-year architectural roadmap for our Android applications Lead high-impact technical projects that span multiple squads, such as modularizing our codebase, optimizing local data persistence (Room/SQLite), or overhauling our UI layer with Jetpack Compose Take ownership of the stability and performance of our hospitality suite Act as a mentor to Senior and Mid-level engineers Work with Engineering, Product, Design, and leadership to evaluate feasibility, shape roadmap decisions, and align technical investments with customer and business outcomes Partner with enablement teams to improve CI/CD, automated testing, failure analysis, and responsible use of AI-assisted engineering tools Skills 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant experience building Android applications at scale. Demonstrated track record operating at Staff Engineer scope or equivalent technical leadership Deep Kotlin experience, including coroutines, Flow, and structured concurrency. Experience modernizing or interoperating with legacy Android architectures, such as RxJava-based systems Proven experience designing and evolving large, multi-module Android applications Strong understanding of Android architecture patterns such as MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture, or similar approaches Experience with complex local data management, offline-first workflows, synchronization, or high-volume real-time data flows Ability to diagnose complex performance, reliability, and cross-layer issues across application, OS, hardware, and network boundaries Track record of leading technical initiatives through influence across multiple teams Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical tradeoffs to engineering and non-engineering stakeholders Experience building POS, hospitality, retail, logistics, payments, or other operationally critical software Experience integrating with payment SDKs, device services, Bluetooth/USB peripherals, printers, scanners, or custom Android hardware Experience with mobile observability tools such as Grafana, Sentry, Firebase, ELK, or similar platforms Experience improving automated testing, CI/CD, release quality, or developer productivity for mobile teams Benefits Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance 401k with company match RSUs Paid vacation, 10 company holidays, sick time, and volunteer time off Employee Resource Groups to build community and inclusion at work Monthly cell phone and internet stipend Tuition reimbursement for up to $2,000 per calendar year to assist with your professional development Company Overview SpotOn provides mobile payment technology and a management system for restaurants and small businesses. It was founded in 2017, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https//www.spoton.com.

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