The Staff Software Engineer will join Slack's Data Ingestion Team within the Data Engineering organization, focusing on building and operating a platform that ingests data from various sources into a Lakehouse. The role emphasizes developing highly scalable and resilient streaming and batch pipelines while leveraging modern technologies. This position requires deep technical skills and a passion for driving data-driven decisions. The engineer will also mentor other team members and collaborate with cross-functional partners to lead technical initiatives.

• U.S. citizenship and willingness to undergo a background check for GovSlack authorization.
• 7+ years of software/data engineering experience, including experience with Streaming and Lakehouse technologies.
• Hands-on experience with building and maintaining batch data pipelines using Spark, Airflow, EMR, S3 or equivalent.
• Proficiency in object-oriented and/or functional programming languages such as SQL, Python, Java/Scala, Go or equivalent.
• Experience in crafting and building robust distributed microservices with tools like Kubernetes, Docker, AWS ECS/EKS, Terraform, Grafana, etc.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted software development and automation.

• Design and develop highly scalable and resilient streaming and batch pipelines for ingesting and processing structured and unstructured datasets.
• Design and implement Slack’s Lakehouse solutions and enable production use cases for customers.
• Improve the reliability and performance of the services/pipelines through AI-assisted and/or Agentic solutions and tools.
• Automate and handle the lifecycle of datasets including schema evolution and metadata management.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners and lead technical initiatives independently end to end.
• Coach and mentor other engineers across the team and the organization.

• Employees at Slack, as part of Salesforce, are often offered comprehensive benefits focused on wellbeing and inclusion, including competitive health-care coverage, time off to rest, recharge and volunteer, and holistic programs that support mental health, family planning and overall work–life balance.