Slack · 11 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Product) - Slack
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$143K/yr - $307K/yr
10+ years expSalesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where ambition meets action and innovation drives success. The role involves designing and owning systems and APIs that shape Slack’s product experience, focusing on user-centric product experiences and collaborating with product managers and engineers.
CollaborationEnterprise SoftwareMessagingProductivity ToolsSaaS
Responsibilities
You'll brainstorm with Product Managers, Designers, Backend, and Frontend Engineers on your team to conceptualize and build new features for our large (and growing!) user base
You’ll produce high-quality results by contributing heavily to team projects that have a significant impact on the business
You’ll actively own team features or systems and define their long-term health, while also improving the health of surrounding systems
You'll assist our skilled support team and operations team in triaging and resolving production issues
You'll mentor other engineers and deeply review code
You’ll improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes
Qualification
Required
You've been building web applications professionally for 10+ years
You have experience with functional or imperative programming languages — e.g., PHP, Python, Java, Ruby, Go, or C
You can contribute to technical architecture discussions and help drive technical decisions within your team
You write understandable, testable code with an eye towards maintainability
Experience around product development and contributing towards end-user features
You are a strong communicator. Explaining complex technical concepts to designers, support, and other engineers is no problem for you
Preferred
Expertise in PHP/Hack, Java, MySQL, and Linux
Familiarity with other common web languages (such as Python or Ruby) and other relational databases
Benefits
Time off programs
Medical
Dental
Vision
Mental health support
Paid parental leave
Life and disability insurance
401(k)
Employee stock purchasing program
Company
Slack
Slack is a cloud-based communication and collaboration platform for teams.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2022 (4)
2021 (72)
2020 (71)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.39BKey Investors
SoftBank Vision FundThrive CapitalSocial Capital
2020-12-01Acquired
2019-06-20IPO
2019-01-28Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Kristen Swanson
VP of Customer Insights
Richard Hasslacher
VP of Global Alliances & channels
Recent News
2026-01-05
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