Design, build, and operate reliable and scalable data infrastructure powering Slack’s analytics, ML, and data-driven decision-making.
Serve as DRI for 1–2 core data services (e.g., EMR, StarRocks, Pinot, Hive Metastore, Airflow, Temporal, Trino), ensuring uptime, reliability, and performance.
Drive improvements in security, cost efficiency, and developer experience across our data infrastructure.
Build automation and self-service tools that empower data teams to easily adopt and manage data workflows.
Collaborate closely with data engineering, platform, and security teams to design scalable, well-governed solutions.
Contribute to observability, monitoring, and alerting via Grafana and related tooling.
Partner with other senior engineers to define best practices, technical standards, and support models for Slack’s data ecosystem.
Mentor and coach other engineers, modeling ownership, collaboration, and operational excellence.

Requirements

7+ years of software or infrastructure engineering experience, including time spent supporting data-intensive systems or data platforms
Proven experience in building, deploying, and operating distributed infrastructure at scale.
Strong technical background with big data and infrastructure technologies — such as EMR, Airflow, Pinot, StarRocks, Hive Metastore, Kubernetes, or equivalent systems.
Proficiency in Python, Golang, Bash, and SQL.
Familiarity with CI/CD (GitHub Actions), Vault, Terraform, Chef, and Grafana.
Deep understanding of infrastructure reliability, observability, and cost efficiency principles.
Hands-on experience supporting data pipelines or data engineering workflows is a strong plus.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams.
A strong sense of ownership and a drive to deliver high-impact, autonomous results.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Benefits

time off programs
medical
dental
vision
mental health support
paid parental leave
life and disability insurance
401(k)
employee stock purchasing program

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

PythonGolangBashSQLEMRAirflowPinotStarRocksHive MetastoreKubernetes

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationownershipmentoringcoachingoperational excellencecross-functional teamworkdrive to deliver resultsproblem-solvingadaptability