Staff Software Engineer (Android)

About SpotOn

Were not just building restaurant tech were giving independent restaurants the tools to compete and win. From our award-winning point-of-sale to AI-powered profit tools everything we do helps operators boost profit work smarter and keep their best people. And every solution is backed by real humans who actually give a sh*t about helping restaurants succeed.

• Named the #1 Restaurant POS by G2 (Fall 2025) based on ratings from real users

• Rated the top-rated point-of-sale (POS) for restaurants bars retail and small businesses by Capterra users

• Awarded Great Places to Work and Built Ins Best Workplaces for multiple years running

We move fast care hard and fight for independent restaurant operators to do what they love and love doing it. If youre looking to make an impact with heart and hustle SpotOn is the place for you.

About the Role

As a Staff Android Software Engineer in our Hospitality group you are a technical leader and multiplier. You will serve as a key technical leader for the systems that power the daily operations of thousands of restaurants. This isnt just about building features; its about defining how we build them.

You will oversee the technical direction of our Android-native POS and handheld applications ensuring they are resilient performant and capable of handling complex hospitality workflows from intricate order processing to seamless handoffs to third-party payment processors. You will work at the intersection of product vision and engineering excellence solving the hardest technical challenges that face our mobile platform. This is a hands-on Staff IC role: you will write production code lead design reviews guide architecture and create leverage through mentorship and cross-team execution.

What Youll Do

• Technical Strategy & Architecture: 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 Cross-Functional Initiatives: 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.

• Reliability at Scale: Take ownership of the stability and performance of our hospitality suite. Youll design systems that are resilient to the high-pressure 24/7 environment of a commercial kitchen.

• Mentor & Level Up: 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.

• Partner Across Product and Engineering: Work with Engineering Product Design and leadership to evaluate feasibility shape roadmap decisions and align technical investments with customer and business outcomes.

• Improve Developer Productivity: Partner with enablement teams to improve CI/CD automated testing failure analysis and responsible use of AI-assisted engineering tools.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.

What We Value

• Customer-First Mindset: You build for the server in the middle of a Friday night rush not just for the sake of clean code.

• Pragmatic Excellence: The ability to balance long-term technical health with the immediate needs of the business.

Curiosity: A drive to stay ahead of the Android ecosystem and a willingness to adopt (or reject) new technologies based on merit.

Compensation:

• Our base pay range is $188000 -$230000/year for this role.

• Please note the salary range listed is just one component of a competitive compensation package which includes a company stock plan

• Offers will be reflective of the candidates location and experience.

Benefits:

At SpotOn we put people above everything else. Were known for our innovative software and technology solutions but we stand out because of the hard-working humans behind the tech. We cant take care of our clients without taking care of our employees first and thats why we invest in you with a competitive benefits package which includes:

• 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 $2000 per calendar year to assist with your professional development

We will never ask candidates to pay fees purchase equipment or share sensitive personal or financial information during the hiring process. All legitimate communication from our recruiting team will come from an official company email address (@). If something seems suspicious please contact us at .

SpotOn is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified candidates are considered for employment without regard to race religion gender gender identity sexual orientation national origin age military or veteran status disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Work authorization in the U.S. is required. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

SpotOn is an E-Verify company.

Required Experience:

Staff IC