Senior Software Engineering Manager (Full Stack)

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Software Engineering Manager (Full Stack)

• Focus area: Slack backend and frontend client infrastructure

Description

Lead two engineering teams responsible for Slack backend and frontend client infrastructure, including core modules and APIs that power the Slack web app. Own the long-term vision and execution strategy, define quarterly delivery measures, and represent the team across planning, product, and leadership forums. Drive improvements in productivity, performance, and code health, while partnering on security and product initiatives and championing AI-assisted development practices.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the teams to set long-term vision and execution strategy using technical knowledge

• Define, monitor, and report against quarterly measures for team deliverables

• Represent the team in planning, product, and leadership meetings across Slack engineering

• Connect with cross-functional partners to drive alignment and execute business goals

• Assess opportunities and trade-offs for product engineering–owned initiatives

• Evangelize opportunities to improve productivity, performance, and code health through evolving modern frontend infrastructure

• Mentor, teach, and coach engineers; support career development, promotion readiness, and calibration

• Act as a strategic partner for business-critical areas such as security and product

• Champion AI-assisted development practices across engineering and operational workflows

Requirements

• Experience coaching and mentoring high-performing and skilled engineers

• Experience designing, scaling, and operating backend services and distributed systems for high-traffic client applications

• Deep knowledge of API design principles for long-lived client contracts

• Deep knowledge of browsers and frontend technologies

• High resilience toward uncertainty and ambiguity; able to operate with high stakes and conflicting priorities

• Ability to explain technical trade-offs involving service workers, boot frameworks, and web sockets

• Ability to weigh conflicting constraints and make rapid technical decisions in a fast-moving environment

Benefits

• Time off programs

• Medical, dental, vision

• Mental health support

• Paid parental leave

• Life and disability insurance

• 401(k)

• Employee stock purchasing program

Accommodations

Reasonable accommodation is available during the application or recruiting process via an accommodations request.