Software Engineer, Backend; Product

Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Product) - Slack

We are a team of product engineers who deeply care about the user experience
. We are seeking a Staff
product‑driven backend engineer with strong intuition and experience building systems and designing APIs with the end user in mind
. Our ideal candidates are collaborative, partnering closely with product managers, designers, and frontend/mobile engineers to conceptualize and build new features
. You will be instrumental in designing and owning systems and APIs that directly shape Slack’s product experience, ensuring they are scalable, performant, and precisely tailored to real user needs
, while making smart trade‑offs between speed, cost, and user experience. We value engineers who understand that simplicity and reliability are carefully calculated aspects of system design.

We build our app using reliable tools that our team knows and trusts, including PHP/Hack, Java, MySQL, and Linux. Expertise in these areas is a huge plus, but having familiarity with other common web languages (such as Python or Ruby) and other relational databases are fine substitutes.

• 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.

• 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
  
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• 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.

Applications for this position will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

Location:

Atlanta, GA

Salary: $143,300 – $334,600

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