Staff Data Infra Engineer: AI-Driven, Scalable Systems

Slack; Bellevue (WA); Presencial; USD 197.000 - 314.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Slack is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Data Infrastructure team within Data Engineering. You will lead design, development, and operation of data services powering Slack’s analytics, ML, and data-driven decisions at scale.

You will act as DRI for core data services, ensuring uptime, reliability, and performance across the analytics stack while mentoring engineers and driving security and cost-efficiency improvements.

Formación

• 10+ years of software, platform, or infrastructure engineering experience, including data-intensive systems.
• Strong communication and ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams.
• Proven experience building, deploying, and operating distributed infrastructure at scale.
• Deep knowledge of big data infra technologies (EMR, Airflow, Pinot, Trino, Hive Metastore, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in Python, Golang, Bash, and SQL; fluency with CI/CD (GitHub Actions) and security tooling (Vault).
• Experience with observability, cost efficiency, and automation across data platforms.

Responsabilidades

• Design, build, and operate reliable, scalable data infrastructure powering Slack’s analytics, ML, and data-driven decision‑making.
• Serve as DRI for multiple core data services, ensuring uptime and performance across the analytics stack (e.g., Pinot, Trino, Airflow, Kubernetes, EMR).
• Drive security, cost efficiency, and developer experience improvements across data infrastructure.
• Build automation and self‑service tools enabling teams to manage data workflows with ease.
• Collaborate with data engineering, platform, and security teams to design scalable, well‑governed solutions.
• Enhance observability, monitoring, and alerting with Grafana and related tooling.
• Mentor and coach engineers, modeling ownership and operational excellence.

Conocimientos

Python

Golang

Bash

SQL

First‑class communication

Cross‑functional collaboration

Ownership

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Herramientas

EMR

Airflow

Pinot

Trino

Hive Metastore

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Vault

Terraform

Chef

Grafana

Descripción del empleo

Slack is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Data Infrastructure team within Data Engineering. You will lead design, development, and operation of data services powering Slack’s analytics, ML, and data-driven decisions at scale.

You will act as DRI for core data services, ensuring uptime, reliability, and performance across the analytics stack while mentoring engineers and driving security and cost-efficiency improvements.