Slack
Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Frontend (Web Performance) - Slack
Slack, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30383
Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Frontend (Web Performance) - Slack
2 days ago – Be among the first 25 applicants
To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.
About Slack Slack is your Digital HQ – a place where work flows between your people, systems, partners, and customers. From Fortune 100 companies to corner markets, millions of people around the world use Slack to connect their teams, unify their systems, and drive their business forward.
The Team We’re looking for a leader to own and drive technical strategy for web performance across Slack. The ideal candidate has passion and expertise in crafting high‑performance web applications.
What you will be doing
Lead full‑time project work for a direct team of FE web engineers
Oversee technical strategy, guidelines, and cross‑team efforts for web performance across all of Slack’s web engineering teams
Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Executive leadership across Slack to propose and prioritize the web performance technical roadmap
Propose, prototype, and evaluate ideas for improving Slack’s web performance frameworks, bottlenecks, and observability
Monitor, learn about, and evaluate new web technologies and potential long‑term investments
Author code that sets the standard for quality and velocity for your team, and establishes patterns for other teams to follow
Help triage bugs and troubleshoot production issues
Mentor other engineers and deeply review code
What you should have
10+ years of experience writing client‑side JavaScript, TypeScript, and/or React Framework
Expertise investigating and improving web application performance
Experience building and debugging complex systems in a team environment, and a desire to sweat the small stuff
Experience with modern browser technologies
Experience designing and running experiments to evaluate performance efforts
Experience as a Tech Lead in driving team technical strategy and overseeing technical work
Strong communication skills, a positive attitude, and empathy
Self‑awareness and a desire to continually improve
Bonus Points
Experience with WebRTC
Experience developing an application with long‑lived sessions, including updating state with a real‑time event stream
Slack has a positive, diverse, and supportive culture—we look for people who are curious, inventive, and work to be a little better every single day. If this sounds like a good fit for you, say hello.
Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non‑discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. Recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions at Salesforce are fair and based on merit.
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To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.
About Slack Slack is your Digital HQ – a place where work flows between your people, systems, partners, and customers. From Fortune 100 companies to corner markets, millions of people around the world use Slack to connect their teams, unify their systems, and drive their business forward.
The Team We’re looking for a leader to own and drive technical strategy for web performance across Slack. The ideal candidate has passion and expertise in crafting high‑performance web applications.
What you will be doing
Lead full‑time project work for a direct team of FE web engineers
Oversee technical strategy, guidelines, and cross‑team efforts for web performance across all of Slack’s web engineering teams
Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Executive leadership across Slack to propose and prioritize the web performance technical roadmap
Propose, prototype, and evaluate ideas for improving Slack’s web performance frameworks, bottlenecks, and observability
Monitor, learn about, and evaluate new web technologies and potential long‑term investments
Author code that sets the standard for quality and velocity for your team, and establishes patterns for other teams to follow
Help triage bugs and troubleshoot production issues
Mentor other engineers and deeply review code
What you should have
10+ years of experience writing client‑side JavaScript, TypeScript, and/or React Framework
Expertise investigating and improving web application performance
Experience building and debugging complex systems in a team environment, and a desire to sweat the small stuff
Experience with modern browser technologies
Experience designing and running experiments to evaluate performance efforts
Experience as a Tech Lead in driving team technical strategy and overseeing technical work
Strong communication skills, a positive attitude, and empathy
Self‑awareness and a desire to continually improve
Bonus Points
Experience with WebRTC
Experience developing an application with long‑lived sessions, including updating state with a real‑time event stream
Slack has a positive, diverse, and supportive culture—we look for people who are curious, inventive, and work to be a little better every single day. If this sounds like a good fit for you, say hello.
Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non‑discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. Recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions at Salesforce are fair and based on merit.
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