Staff Software Engineer, Electron & Browser Infrastructure

Salesforce

Staff Software Engineer in Slack's Desktop team, focusing on Electron and Chromium. Leading cross-functional initiatives to enhance performance, security, and developer productivity.

Posted 6/23/2026full-timeAtlanta • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $197,300 - $313,700 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ElectronOpen SourceReactTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead cross functional initiatives across Electron and at Slack associated with increasing developer productivity, OS level stability, performance, or security
Contribute to key architectural decisions to adapt our existing frontend and desktop infrastructure
Thrive in ambiguity, offering solutions to problems
Maintain and improve the core systems that power the Slack desktop client and Electron framework
Build a safe space for learning and serve as a skilled and trusted mentor
Collaborate with teammates across engineering to identify, define, and solve strategically important initiatives

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience writing client-side code (React + Typescript) for modern web applications at scale
Deep Chromium experience, or experience contributing to large scale open source projects
Experience working in a large-scale, shared codebase with hundreds of contributors
Experience writing understandable, testable code with an eye towards maintainability and scalability
Expertise in building complex systems and tooling
Exceptional communication skills tied to company goals like performance, reliability and developer velocity.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

ReactTypescriptChromiumclient-side codelarge-scale open source projectstestable codemaintainabilityscalabilitycomplex systemstooling

Soft Skills

leadershipproblem-solvingmentorshipcollaborationcommunicationadaptabilitystrategic thinkinginitiativetrustworthinesslearning