Slack
Sr. Software Engineer, Compute Platform - Slack
Slack, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Overview
Sr. Software Engineer, Compute Platform - Slack Base pay range: $167,300.00/yr - $276,100.00/yr Applications will be accepted until 10/24/2025. Job Details
Slack empowers global communication and collaboration, serving everyone from the largest public companies to the smallest startups. We prioritize performance and reliability at an impressive scale. Our users spend over a billion minutes active in our product each day during the week. At peak times, Slack handles a million messages per minute. We support over 15 million simultaneously connected users daily. For millions, Slack is their primary communication tool for work and beyond, and they expect it to be exceptionally reliable and fast year-round. About The Team
The Compute team at Slack provides a robust platform for service owners to build and deploy their applications. We manage the core infrastructure, ensuring a reliable and scalable environment for development teams. Our responsibilities include maintaining and evolving our Kubernetes and EC2 infrastructure, and we are currently exploring multi-cloud strategies, including GCP. We are a small, collaborative team that values ownership, automation, and continuous improvement. What you will be doing
Design, build, and maintain our core compute infrastructure, primarily using Kubernetes and EC2. Utilize Terraform for infrastructure-as-code (IaC) to manage and provision resources. Automate configuration management with Chef to ensure consistency across our fleet. Manage our internal software packages using Aptly. Collaborate with service owners to provide support and guidance on best practices for using our platform. Participate in on-call rotations to support our production environment and respond to incidents. Research and implement new technologies as we expand into a multi-cloud environment, including exploring multi-architecture support for our containerized workloads. What you should have
Proven experience managing production-grade infrastructure with Kubernetes and EC2. Proficiency with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning. Experience with configuration management tools like Chef (or similar, such as Puppet or Ansible). Familiarity with package management, ideally with Aptly. Knowledge of cloud platforms beyond AWS, particularly GCP, is a plus. Strong scripting skills in languages like Python, Bash, or Go. Solid understanding of networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, etc.) and security best practices. Excellent problem-solving skills and a collaborative attitude. About Salesforce & Diversity
Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. Applicants will be assessed on merit, competence and qualifications without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or other classifications protected by law. Accommodations: If you require assistance due to a disability applying for open positions please submit a request via the Accommodations Request Form. Salary information varies by location: Colorado-based roles $167,300 - $230,000; Washington-based roles $184,000 - $253,000; California-based roles $200,800 - $276,100. We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.
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Sr. Software Engineer, Compute Platform - Slack Base pay range: $167,300.00/yr - $276,100.00/yr Applications will be accepted until 10/24/2025. Job Details
Slack empowers global communication and collaboration, serving everyone from the largest public companies to the smallest startups. We prioritize performance and reliability at an impressive scale. Our users spend over a billion minutes active in our product each day during the week. At peak times, Slack handles a million messages per minute. We support over 15 million simultaneously connected users daily. For millions, Slack is their primary communication tool for work and beyond, and they expect it to be exceptionally reliable and fast year-round. About The Team
The Compute team at Slack provides a robust platform for service owners to build and deploy their applications. We manage the core infrastructure, ensuring a reliable and scalable environment for development teams. Our responsibilities include maintaining and evolving our Kubernetes and EC2 infrastructure, and we are currently exploring multi-cloud strategies, including GCP. We are a small, collaborative team that values ownership, automation, and continuous improvement. What you will be doing
Design, build, and maintain our core compute infrastructure, primarily using Kubernetes and EC2. Utilize Terraform for infrastructure-as-code (IaC) to manage and provision resources. Automate configuration management with Chef to ensure consistency across our fleet. Manage our internal software packages using Aptly. Collaborate with service owners to provide support and guidance on best practices for using our platform. Participate in on-call rotations to support our production environment and respond to incidents. Research and implement new technologies as we expand into a multi-cloud environment, including exploring multi-architecture support for our containerized workloads. What you should have
Proven experience managing production-grade infrastructure with Kubernetes and EC2. Proficiency with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning. Experience with configuration management tools like Chef (or similar, such as Puppet or Ansible). Familiarity with package management, ideally with Aptly. Knowledge of cloud platforms beyond AWS, particularly GCP, is a plus. Strong scripting skills in languages like Python, Bash, or Go. Solid understanding of networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, etc.) and security best practices. Excellent problem-solving skills and a collaborative attitude. About Salesforce & Diversity
Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. Applicants will be assessed on merit, competence and qualifications without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or other classifications protected by law. Accommodations: If you require assistance due to a disability applying for open positions please submit a request via the Accommodations Request Form. Salary information varies by location: Colorado-based roles $167,300 - $230,000; Washington-based roles $184,000 - $253,000; California-based roles $200,800 - $276,100. We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.
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