Staff Software Engineer, Android

SpotOn

Staff Software Engineer overseeing Android applications in hospitality sector for SpotOn. Leading technical strategy and mentoring engineers in building resilient and performant systems.

Posted 6/15/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $188,000 - $230,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AndroidKotlinRxJavaSQLite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and drive the multi-year architectural roadmap for our Android applications. You will ensure our "offline-first" capabilities and real-time data syncing remain reliable, scalable, and continuously improving as we scale.
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. You’ll design systems that are resilient to the high-pressure, 24/7 environment of a commercial kitchen.
Act as a mentor to Senior and Mid-level engineers. You will set the standard for code quality, documentation, and automated testing, fostering a culture of technical excellence.
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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

KotlincoroutinesFlowstructured concurrencyRoomSQLiteJetpack ComposeMVVMMVIClean Architecture

Soft Skills

technical leadershipmentorshipcode qualitydocumentationautomated testingcommunicationinfluencecollaboration