# Staff Software Engineer

**Company:** [SpotOn](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/spoton)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Android Engineering
**Salary:** $188k – $230k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Android, Kotlin, coroutines, kotlin flow, structured concurrency, rxjava, jetpack compose, room, sqlite, mvvm, mvi, clean architecture, CI/CD, firebase, Grafana
**Posted:** 2026-08-10

> Technical leader for Android-native POS and handheld applications, defining architecture, reliability, performance, and developer productivity across a large hospitality platform. Requires 10+ years of software engineering experience, deep Kotlin expertise, and Staff-level cross-team leadership.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Define and drive the multi-year architectural roadmap for Android applications.
- Ensure offline-first capabilities and real-time data synchronization remain reliable and scalable.
- Lead cross-functional technical initiatives, including codebase modularization, local data persistence optimization, and UI modernization with Jetpack Compose.
- Own stability and performance for hospitality applications operating in high-pressure, 24/7 commercial environments.
- Write production code, lead design reviews, guide architecture, and mentor engineers.
- Set standards for code quality, documentation, and automated testing.
- Partner with Engineering, Product, Design, and leadership to evaluate feasibility and align technical investments with business outcomes.
- Improve CI/CD, automated testing, failure analysis, and developer productivity.

## Requirements
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant experience building Android applications at scale.
- Experience 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, including RxJava-based systems.
- Experience designing and evolving large, multi-module Android applications.
- Strong understanding of MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture, or similar patterns.
- Experience with local data management, offline-first workflows, synchronization, or high-volume real-time data flows.
- Ability to diagnose 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.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience building POS, hospitality, retail, logistics, payments, or other operationally critical software.
- Experience integrating payment SDKs, device services, Bluetooth/USB peripherals, printers, scanners, or custom Android hardware.
- Experience with mobile observability tools such as Grafana, Sentry, Firebase, or ELK.
- Experience improving automated testing, CI/CD, release quality, or developer productivity for mobile teams.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Base pay range: **$188,000–$230,000 per year**.
- Company stock plan and RSUs.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Paid vacation, company holidays, sick time, and volunteer time off.
- Employee Resource Groups.
- Monthly cell phone and internet stipend.
- Tuition reimbursement of up to $2,000 per calendar year.

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