Senior Staff, Software Engineer - Slack Front End Infrastructure

Slack; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 218,000 - 365,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer for Slack’s Frontend Infrastructure to lead next-gen frontend architecture, improve performance and scalability, and mentor engineers across product and platform teams in a high-scale enterprise environment.

You will own design decisions for core frontend modules, guide cross-team alignment, and represent frontend strategy at an organizational level while shaping the direction of the frontend at Slack within Salesforce.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with JavaScript and TypeScript in large-scale applications.
• Deep familiarity with browser performance profiling and debugging tools.
• Proficient in React, Redux, and modern web technologies with clear trade-off discussions.
• Author code that establishes forward-looking patterns used by multiple teams.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and mentorship skills.
• Passion for knowledge sharing and engineering education.
• People-centered mindset focused on engineer experience and growth.
• A related technical degree is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional frontend initiatives to improve performance, scalability, resiliency, and developer productivity.
• Design, maintain, and evolve core frontend modules including WebSocket infrastructure, boot process, Redux/React layers, logging, and alerting systems.
• Drive architectural decisions to adapt frontend infrastructure to product and platform needs.
• Identify and resolve communication and alignment challenges across teams and stakeholders.
• Represent and advocate for frontend technical strategy at an organizational level.

Skills

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Redux

Frontend architecture

Mentorship

Cross-team collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Job Category

Software Engineering

Job Details

About Salesforce

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.

Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

Slack’s Frontend Infrastructure team is responsible for the foundation of our desktop web client. We build and maintain the systems that power the user interface of one of the most widely used enterprise communication platforms in the world. We’re seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to help lead the next generation of frontend architecture — improving performance, scalability, developer productivity, and reliability at scale. As a technical leader on the team, you'll partner across product, platform, and infrastructure to guide architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and shape the direction of the frontend at Slack.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional frontend initiatives to improve performance, scalability, resiliency, and developer productivity.
• Design, maintain, and evolve core frontend modules — including Slack’s WebSocket infrastructure, boot process, Redux/React layers, logging, and alerting systems.
• Drive key architectural decisions that adapt our frontend infrastructure to meet evolving product and platform needs.
• Identify and resolve communication and alignment challenges across teams and stakeholders.
• Represent and advocate for frontend technical strategy at an organizational level.

Required Qualifications

• Extensive experience with JavaScript and TypeScript in large-scale applications.
• Deep familiarity with browser performance profiling and debugging tools.
• Proficient in React, Redux, and modern web technologies, with an ability to explain trade-offs and architectural complexities clearly.
• Author code that establishes forward-looking patterns that multiple teams depend on and can contribute to effectively.
• Strong communication skills — written and verbal — with a collaborative and empathetic approach to cross-team work.
• Passion for mentorship, technical education, and knowledge sharing.
• A people-centered mindset — you understand that long-term technical success depends on the experience of the engineers who build on your work.
• A related technical degree required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Expertise in frontend performance: React/Redux optimizations, memory profiling, flame graph analysis, and tuning for production.
• Experience leading large-scale migrations, upgrades, or frontend modernization initiatives.
• Familiarity with persistence layers, service workers, caching strategies, and offline functionality.

In office expectations are 10 days/a quarter to support customers and/or collaborate with their teams.

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love.

Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.

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In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

The typical base salary range for this position is $218,400 - $365,200 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $263,200 - $401,400 annually. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.