Backend Release Engineer: Flask, CI/CD, Infra

Slack; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 97,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

Career growth

Job summary

Slack in Buffalo, NY seeks a backend engineer to build scalable services using Flask and Laravel, operating under Scrum. You will cut cold-start times and manage infrastructure as code across staging and production, while maintaining CI/CD pipelines for the NY engineering teams.

Join a fast-moving, collaborative Slack team with a strong on-call culture, where ownership and initiative are valued. Competitive compensation, full benefits, and growth opportunities are offered in Buffalo.

Qualifications

• 3+ years backend development experience.
• Proficient with Flask and Python.
• Experience with Laravel.
• Experience with CI/CD tooling.

Responsibilities

• Cut Laravel cold-start times so Slack functions wake before NY users notice.
• Configure and manage infrastructure as code across staging and production.
• Maintain and improve CI/CD infrastructure across NY engineering teams.
• Respond to on-call rotations and participate in incident postmortems.
• Design, build, and maintain reliable backend services using Scrum and Flask.

Skills

Flask

Laravel

Scrum

CI/CD

Infrastructure as code

Job description

Slack in Buffalo, NY seeks a backend engineer to build scalable services using Flask and Laravel, operating under Scrum. You will cut cold-start times and manage infrastructure as code across staging and production, while maintaining CI/CD pipelines for the NY engineering teams.

Join a fast-moving, collaborative Slack team with a strong on-call culture, where ownership and initiative are valued. Competitive compensation, full benefits, and growth opportunities are offered in Buffalo.