Software Engineer, Distributed Data Services; Slack

Position: Staff Software Engineer, Distributed Data Services (Slack)

Staff Software Engineer, Distributed Data Services (Slack)

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About Salesforce

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we’re looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.

What

You Will Be Doing

• Design, build, ship and maintain the Edge caching services that serves ~35% of all of Slack's API traffic and is critical to Slack’s core functionality.
• Collaborate with peers in Engineering to triage bugs and fix sophisticated production issues across the stack related to our services.
• Write code to automate maintenance and reduce the need for manual intervention.
• Review code and get your code reviewed, mentor and be mentored by other engineers.
• Design and build solutions to improve the reliability and resilience of our services.
• Write, review, or provide feedback on a technical design proposal.
• Have an operational responsibility in addition to being a software developer. You will participate in the team's on‑call rotation, assist with triaging and addressing production issues, and respond to incidents.

What You Should Have

• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field/ equivalent training, fellowship, or work experience.
• Experience building large‑scale systems professionally for 4+ years and can point to things you’ve worked on.
• Experience managing critical production infrastructure, maintaining reliability and uptime, and having a customer first view of operational safety.
• Experience with reliable, safe distributed systems and an understanding of engineering and product trade‑offs, and how to make a case for either.
• Experience with working on complex issues where the analysis requires an in‑depth knowledge of the company and existing architecture.
• Experience with writing unit tests, code review, design documentation, debugging, and troubleshooting. You’ve been developing and operating web applications professionally and can talk at length to things you and your teams have built.
• A curious, inquisitive, and determined mindset to fix things when they break.
• US Citizen or Green Card holder.

Bonus points

• Experience with the Go programming language.
• Experience with AWS.
• Experience building and releasing software using Docker containers.
• Experience with Kubernetes.
• Experience working within highly regulated environments where an understanding of FEDRAMP/NIST frameworks were essential.

Distributed Data Services is a diverse and inclusive team that is building the future of Slack’s infrastructure.

We are happy to help you learn what you need to know; we encourage and support each other’s growth and it’s not expected that you would have expertise across all of these areas from the beginning.

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.

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Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non‑discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. ... (legal EEO statement unchanged)

Salary

The typical base salary range for this position is $192,200 - $306,600 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $230,800 - $334,600 annually.

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