Slack · 18 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer, iOS - Search and AI Mobile
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$197K/yr - $314K/yr
7+ years expSlack is your Digital HQ, where work flows between your people, systems, partners, and customers. As a Staff engineer on this team, you'll lead the Search and AI mobile efforts, owning the roadmap and technical strategy for enhancing user experiences on mobile devices.
Telecom & CommunicationsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSCollaborationMessagingProductivity Tools
Responsibilities
Shaping the technical direction, making tradeoffs between performance and features, and deciding what gets built next based on user impact
Lead the Search and AI mobile efforts
Owning the roadmap and technical strategy for two of our highest-impact user journeys—helping people find what they need and get things done on the go
Reimagining AI and Search for how people actually work from their phones
Leveraging mobile-specific capabilities like notifications, location, and device sensors to build context-aware experiences that feel native
Mentoring engineers equally passionate about mobile-first thinking
Partnering closely with Product and Design to craft efficient, performant, and delightful user experiences
Qualification
Required
At least 7+ years of mobile engineering experience with an emphasis on technical leadership in medium to large teams
Related technical degree required
A demonstrated track record of spotting issues in complex codebases and transforming them into successful, high-impact projects
An extensive understanding of iOS framework components and their respective lifecycles
Strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms and programming languages
Experience working closely with product teams, designers, and other developers to create a truly delightful mobile experience
Current and detailed knowledge of the capabilities of different iOS API levels
Experience developing highly performant Swift/Objective-C code and view layouts and the ability to diagnose performance bottlenecks
Familiarity with the iOS tool ecosystem for development, testing, debugging, and performance benchmarking
An excellent understanding of best practices for concurrency and threading
Preferred
Experience using Slack and a keen interest in making it better
Experience with SwiftUI, Combine, or async/await
Familiarity with iOS performance profiling tools (Instruments, Xcode profiler)
A passion for building and maintaining great open source projects or otherwise contributing to the iOS community
Benefits
Wellbeing reimbursement
Generous parental leave
Adoption assistance
Fertility 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.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2022 (4)
2021 (72)
2020 (71)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.39BKey Investors
Dragoneer Investment Group,General AtlanticSoftBank Vision FundThrive Capital
2020-12-01Acquired
2019-06-20IPO
2019-01-28Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Richard Hasslacher
VP of Global Alliances & channels
Steve Hamrick
VP, Product Management
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