Staff Software Engineer (Android) at SpotOn
Chicago, IL
$188,000–$230,000
Jul 19, 2026
Chicago, IL
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hands-on staff-level individual contributor role focused on the Android applications that power a restaurant point-of-sale platform. The engineer will set the long-term architectural direction for native Android POS and handheld apps — covering offline-first data sync, local persistence, UI modernization, and payment integrations — while writing production code, leading design reviews, and mentoring senior and mid-level engineers across multiple teams. Suits a deeply experienced Android engineer with a track record of technical leadership at scale.
Staff level · 10+ years · Remote · Full-time
Pay in the description: $188,000–$230,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 170 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (mobile application developers). range 70–370
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (11)
The posting lists no specific work location and no office requirement; the role appears fully remote within the US (visa sponsorship is not available, and US work authorization is required).
No degree requirement is stated anywhere in the posting.
The 10+ years figure is stated at the role level ('10+ years of professional software engineering experience'), not tied to any specific technology, so it is captured as the overall experience minimum.
RxJava is listed under Required Qualifications as a legacy architecture candidates must have experience 'modernizing or interoperating with' — treated as a hard gate on familiarity with that system.
Room/SQLite are listed together as interchangeable options for local data persistence in the Required section; Room is the primary name with SQLite as an alternative.
MVVM, MVI, and Clean Architecture are listed as interchangeable pattern options under Required Qualifications; MVVM is the primary name with the others as alternatives.
Jetpack Compose appears only in the responsibilities narrative ('overhauling our UI layer with Jetpack Compose'), not in the Required or Preferred Qualifications sections.
Grafana, Sentry, Firebase, and ELK are listed under Preferred Qualifications as interchangeable mobile observability options.
CI/CD improvement experience is listed under Preferred Qualifications.
Compensation includes RSUs in addition to the stated base salary range; the stock component is not quantified.
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
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