Slack · 6 days ago
Senior Software Engineer, Frontend Developer Experience - Slack
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$143K/yr - $307K/yr
5+ years expSalesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. The Senior Software Engineer, Frontend Developer Experience role focuses on empowering developers to enhance their productivity and streamline the frontend development cycle at Slack by improving build performance and providing effective tooling.
CollaborationEnterprise SoftwareMessagingProductivity ToolsSaaS
Responsibilities
You’ll speed up our frontend development cycle by making Slack’s frontend build faster and more performant
You’ll brainstorm novel solutions to big, challenging problems to make engineer’s lives simpler and more productive
You’ll collaborate with your team and others to bring these solutions to life
You’ll trace, measure and improve the performance characteristics of our internal systems
You’ll improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes
You’ll learn about new frontend tooling and discuss potential solutions to problems
You’ll mentor other engineers and deeply review code
Qualification
Required
5+ years experience writing JavaScript or TypeScript
4+ years experience with modern frontend toolchains and build tools (i.e. Webpack, Rspack)
4+ year experience building and debugging complex systems in a team environment
3+ year experience with CI/CD tools
2+ years experience with tsc and/or tsgo
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent training, fellowship, or work experience
Strong communication skills, a positive attitude, and empathy
Self-motivation and the ability to take initiative independently, learn quickly, and meet deadlines
Preferred
Experience with yarn workspaces
Experience with Typescript Project References
Experience with CSS tooling (less, Sass, PostCSS, Lightning CSS)
Experience with frontend linters like ESLint, Oxlint, Biome
Experience investigating and improving JavaScript performance
Experience with PHP or Hack
Experience (or interest) in the Rust programming language
Experience with React, Redux
Benefits
Time off programs
Medical
Dental
Vision
Mental health support
Paid parental leave
Life and disability insurance
401(k)
Employee stock purchasing program
Company
Slack
Slack is a cloud-based communication and collaboration platform for teams.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2022 (4)
2021 (72)
2020 (71)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.39BKey Investors
SoftBank Vision FundThrive CapitalSocial Capital
2020-12-01Acquired
2019-06-20IPO
2019-01-28Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Richard Hasslacher
VP of Global Alliances & channels
Steve Hamrick
VP, Product Management
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