DevOps Engineer

Egreenservices; Knoxville (TN); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Clear ladder & real benefits

Flexible remote days

Job summary

Slack is seeking a backend engineer to build the Bash Scripting core powering our products in Knoxville, TN. You will own technology work, shipping from concept through delivery, while collaborating with a tight-knit team in a fast-paced environment.

Expect hands-on ownership, mentoring, and a visible ladder within the organization. We value a flexible work approach with remote days and strong emphasis on learning and growth, especially in Jenkins and Incident Response tasks.

Qualifications

• Fluency across Jenkins and Incident Response.
• Ability to thrive both independently and as part of a tight-knit team.
• Confident communicator across email, calls, and in-person meetings.
• A TN sensibility or genuine curiosity about this market.

Responsibilities

• Map data flow across Bash Scripting services and spot leaks.
• Decode the undocumented Incident Response service nobody at Slack remembers writing.
• Enhance test automation frameworks to increase release confidence.
• Sit with technology users in Knoxville to learn what the GitHub Actions tool really needs.
• Reach into legacy GitHub Actions modules and leave them cleaner than you found them.
• Resurrect flaky Critical Thinking tests until the Knoxville, TN suite is trustworthy again.
• Containerize applications and manage deployments with GitHub Actions and Bash Scripting.
• Carry features from whiteboard sketch to Knoxville, TN production without dropping the baton.

Skills

Communication

Autonomy

Teamwork

TN market

Project ownership

Incident Response

Learning mindset

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Bash scripting

Job description

Come build the backend that powers our spirited-and-grounded products, writing Bash Scripting that holds up under serious load. The headline is $90,000 - $119,000, but the story is ownership - technology work you steer at Slack after just 5 years.

Key Responsibilities

• Map data flow across Slack's Bash Scripting services and spot the leaks
• Decode the undocumented Incident Response service nobody at Slack remembers writing
• Enhance test automation frameworks to increase release confidence
• Sit with technology users in Knoxville to learn what the GitHub Actions tool really needs
• Reach into legacy GitHub Actions modules and leave them cleaner than you found them
• Resurrect flaky Critical Thinking tests until the Knoxville, TN suite is trustworthy again
• Containerize applications and manage deployments with GitHub Actions and Bash Scripting
• Carry features from whiteboard sketch to Knoxville, TN production without dropping the baton

What You'll Bring

• A Knoxville network, or the hustle to build one from scratch
• Ability to thrive both independently and as part of a tight-knit team
• Confident communicator across email, calls, and in-person meetings
• A TN sensibility, or genuine curiosity about this market
• Comfortable owning projects from concept through delivery
• Fluency across Jenkins and Incident Response, with strong opinions on both
• A quality-obsessed attitude and eagerness to learn new skills

Slack builds technology tools the way old shops built furniture - slowly, in Knoxville, TN, and with a quietly-ambitious respect for the craft. We give senior hires room to fail small so they can later succeed big on technology work.

The $90,000 - $119,000 we offer comes attached to mentorship, a clear ladder, real benefits, and flexible remote days you can plan around.

This req is fresh on our board and getting attention from the hiring team today.