Sr. Software Engineer, Database Infrastructure - Slack
SlackWashington, District of Columbia, United States • United States
Posted March 23, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Slack is on a mission to make people's working lives simpler, more pleasant and more productive. It is the productivity platform for customer companies that improves performance by empowering everyone with no-code automation, making search and knowledge sharing seamless, and keeping teams connected and engaged as they move work forward together. As part of Salesforce, Slack is deeply integrated into the Salesforce Customer 360, supercharging productivity across sales, service and marketing teams. To learn more and get started with Slack for free, visit slack.com or connect with us @SlackHQ. Ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace where we learn from each other is core to Slack’s values. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer and a pleasant and supportive place to work. Come do the best work of your life here at Slack.
Job Description
Join Slack's Datastores team and build the infrastructure powering work! We're looking for a Sr. Software Engineer to operate and enhance our large, highly-available database infrastructure, utilizing technologies such as MySQL and Vitess.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency (Green Card holder)
- 5+ years of experience working in data storage, core infrastructure, or distributed system-owning teams
- Professional experience using Go, PHP/Hacklang, Python, Ruby, or Java
- Ability to write code that can be easily understood by others
- Experience operating at least one distributed system, at scale and in a team environment
- Experience deploying server software on Linux and operating it at scale
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, especially AWS
- Familiarity with deployment automation/configuration management tools like Chef, Terraform, Ansible, or Puppet
Benefits
- Time off programs
- Medical, dental, vision
- Mental health support
- Paid parental leave
- Life and disability insurance
- 401(k)
- Employee stock purchasing program
