Job Overview
As a Staff Software Engineer, Frontend at Slack, you will be part of a dynamic team responsible for enhancing the Slack web client, a complex in-browser application used by millions of users daily. You will leverage your extensive knowledge of JavaScript, HTML, and CSS to build and improve features, ensuring high performance across various browsers. This role involves close collaboration with Product, Design, Application Engineering, and QA teams to conceptualize, build, test, and deploy new features.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Product Managers and Designers to brainstorm and conceptualize new features.
- Work with Application Engineering to develop new features for our expanding user base.
- Stay updated with new web technologies and discuss potential solutions to challenges.
- Assist the support team in triaging bugs and addressing production issues.
- Mentor other engineers and conduct thorough code reviews.
Required Skills and Experience
- 8+ years of experience in writing client-side JavaScript and using the React framework.
- Expertise in building complex layouts with CSS and HTML.
- Experience in building and debugging complex systems in a team environment.
- Familiarity with modern browser technologies.
- Strong UX and design sensibilities with attention to detail.
- Excellent communication skills, a positive attitude, and empathy.
- Self-awareness and a commitment to continuous improvement.
- A related technical degree is required.
Bonus Points
- Experience with TypeScript.
- Experience with WebRTC and WebSockets.
- Experience in improving JavaScript performance.
- Experience in small startup environments.
- Experience in designing websites or applications.
About Slack
Slack is your Digital HQ, a platform where work flows seamlessly between people, systems, partners, and customers. It breaks down communication silos by bringing teams and tools together around common goals, projects, and processes. Slack empowers users to automate tasks with apps and workflows, making work lives simpler, more pleasant, and more productive.
Benefits & Perks
- Wellbeing reimbursement
- Generous parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Fertility benefits
Workplace and Culture
Slack fosters a positive, diverse, and supportive culture. We value curiosity, inventiveness, and a commitment to continuous improvement. Our team is smart, humble, hardworking, and collaborative. If this sounds like a good fit for you, we encourage you to apply.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Salesforce is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to creating a workforce that reflects society through inclusive programs and initiatives such as equal pay, employee resource groups, and inclusive benefits.
Benefits Extracted with AI
- Wellbeing reimbursement
- Generous parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Fertility benefits
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