Slack
Senior Software Engineer, Orchestration
Slack, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Senior Software Engineer, Orchestration – Slack
Join Slack to build the foundational systems that manage how services are deployed, operated, and monitored across our infrastructure. The Platform Orchestration team builds automated, scalable platform layers that enable engineering teams to deliver reliable, compliant services with speed and confidence.
Overview Our orchestration layers power fleet management, continuous integration and delivery, incident response workflows, reliability measurement, service discovery, and secure data movement. We integrate deeply with AWS to provide consistency, reliability, and control at scale, abstracting complexity and standardizing best practices for our teams.
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end delivery of software projects that improve how services are deployed, managed, and observed across Slack’s infrastructure.
Design and build foundational orchestration systems that enable reliable, scalable, and compliant service operations.
Develop tools that streamline continuous delivery, automate incident workflows, and track service health and reliability metrics.
Implement platform solutions using infrastructure-as-code, automation frameworks, and AWS-native services to drive consistency and scalability.
Collaborate closely with engineering teams to integrate platform capabilities into their workflows—empowering them to ship faster and operate more reliably.
Contribute to and extend internal frameworks that support deployment workflows, service ownership, and lifecycle management.
Advocate for platform efficiency and cost-conscious engineering through tooling, automation, and cross-team engagement.
Drive adoption of best practices in service orchestration and cloud resource usage—ultimately helping Slack deliver better experiences at lower operational cost.
Qualifications
Strong software engineering fundamentals—you write clean, maintainable code and design systems that scale. You bring engineering rigor to platform and infrastructure work.
Curiosity and a systems mindset—you're deeply interested in how platform layers and infrastructure orchestration work, and you enjoy sharing that knowledge to uplift those around you.
A strong grasp of reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency, especially in the context of deploying and managing distributed systems.
A collaborative, mentoring mindset—you model engineering best practices around testing, design, documentation, and operational excellence.
Solid experience operating backend systems in production—you can point to tools, workflows, or platforms you’ve helped build or scale.
Hands‑on experience with AWS—you’re comfortable navigating complex environments and have depth in at least a few core services.
Experience building infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform, with a preference for reusable and maintainable abstractions.
A passion for creating platform solutions that empower engineering teams to move faster, be more reliable, and operate with confidence.
A pragmatic approach to problem‑solving, with a drive to automate and simplify operations at scale.
Bonus Points
Deep knowledge of specific AWS domains such as IAM, EC2, or networking.
AWS certifications (Professional or Specialty‑level).
Experience building or maintaining platforms that support high‑scale CI/CD, service orchestration, or incident automation.
Demonstrated success in reducing cloud costs or improving platform efficiency through tooling or automation.
Slack is an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status.
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Overview Our orchestration layers power fleet management, continuous integration and delivery, incident response workflows, reliability measurement, service discovery, and secure data movement. We integrate deeply with AWS to provide consistency, reliability, and control at scale, abstracting complexity and standardizing best practices for our teams.
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end delivery of software projects that improve how services are deployed, managed, and observed across Slack’s infrastructure.
Design and build foundational orchestration systems that enable reliable, scalable, and compliant service operations.
Develop tools that streamline continuous delivery, automate incident workflows, and track service health and reliability metrics.
Implement platform solutions using infrastructure-as-code, automation frameworks, and AWS-native services to drive consistency and scalability.
Collaborate closely with engineering teams to integrate platform capabilities into their workflows—empowering them to ship faster and operate more reliably.
Contribute to and extend internal frameworks that support deployment workflows, service ownership, and lifecycle management.
Advocate for platform efficiency and cost-conscious engineering through tooling, automation, and cross-team engagement.
Drive adoption of best practices in service orchestration and cloud resource usage—ultimately helping Slack deliver better experiences at lower operational cost.
Qualifications
Strong software engineering fundamentals—you write clean, maintainable code and design systems that scale. You bring engineering rigor to platform and infrastructure work.
Curiosity and a systems mindset—you're deeply interested in how platform layers and infrastructure orchestration work, and you enjoy sharing that knowledge to uplift those around you.
A strong grasp of reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency, especially in the context of deploying and managing distributed systems.
A collaborative, mentoring mindset—you model engineering best practices around testing, design, documentation, and operational excellence.
Solid experience operating backend systems in production—you can point to tools, workflows, or platforms you’ve helped build or scale.
Hands‑on experience with AWS—you’re comfortable navigating complex environments and have depth in at least a few core services.
Experience building infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform, with a preference for reusable and maintainable abstractions.
A passion for creating platform solutions that empower engineering teams to move faster, be more reliable, and operate with confidence.
A pragmatic approach to problem‑solving, with a drive to automate and simplify operations at scale.
Bonus Points
Deep knowledge of specific AWS domains such as IAM, EC2, or networking.
AWS certifications (Professional or Specialty‑level).
Experience building or maintaining platforms that support high‑scale CI/CD, service orchestration, or incident automation.
Demonstrated success in reducing cloud costs or improving platform efficiency through tooling or automation.
Slack is an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status.
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