Software Engineer, Salesforce

• You are independent and passionate about having a huge impact at Slack
• We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer who combines deep technical expertise with a product mindset, thrives in highly collaborative environments, and is excited to help scale a platform used by hundreds of internal stakeholders
• * Strong programming skills in languages like Python, Go, or PHP, with a deep understanding of systems design and backend architecture
• * Worked with modern data infrastructure tools like Airflow, dbt, Kafka, Spark, BigQuery, or Snowflake
• * Familiarity with container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes, AWS) and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible)
• * Exposure to modern UI technologies such as React or TypeScript, and an understanding of how backend systems interface with user-facing tools
• * Experience building internal platforms or developer tools that scale across teams
• * Ability to lead and mentor across projects, contributing not just code but vision and direction
• * Excellent communication skills — you can articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and align cross-functional teams
• * A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent training, fellowship, or work experience

Desirable

• At Slack, data is at the core of every product decision we make
• The Data Tools team sits at the intersection of product development and data infrastructure, enabling Slack to build a truly data-driven culture
• We build and maintain critical internal tooling for dashboards, query interfaces, metadata management, alerting systems, and visual analytics
• These tools are used daily by analysts, data scientists, product managers, and engineers to explore data, monitor product performance, and derive insights that directly impact the customer experience
• You will translate complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions and deliver impactful products and tools for data analysis to support the business
• *Architect and build scalable backend systems, APIs, and services that support our growing suite of internal data tools
• * Drive the development of reliable infrastructure to support querying, alerting, metadata tracking, and dashboarding at scale
• * Collaborate cross-functionally with Data Scientists, Product Managers, Software Engineers, and Analysts to define and deliver high-impact tools
• * Translate complex, evolving business requirements into clean, maintainable, and scalable technical solutions
• * Champion UI and contribute to the design of front-end interfaces that empower technical and non-technical users to access and explore data
• * Improve the observability, reliability, and performance of our internal data platforms
• * Champion engineering excellence, data best practices, and a product-first mindset across the team