Slack

Software Engineering

SoftwareEngineerII,ServiceNetwork

United States FULL TIME
The Brief

“Software Engineer II, Service Network at Slack. Skills: Service mesh, Kubernetes, Cloud platforms, Programming languages. Contribute to design, development, operation of service mesh infrastructure. Implement service mesh capabilities”

What You'll Achieve.

Ensure fast, secure, reliable delivery of Slack; Support high availability; Enforce security boundaries; Improve ease-of-use of infrastructure; Maintain platform availability; Meet service-level objectives (SLOs)

Industry & Context.

Software Engineering
Problems you'll solve

Troubleshoot production issues; Find solutions to improve end-to-end customer experience

Eligibility Requirements

U. S. Citizenship, Unable to provide visa sponsorship

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

U. S. Citizenship, 4+ years of experience in software engineering, infrastructure engineering, or site reliability engineering, Ability to independently drive projects and contribute to technical design discussions, Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP, Experience working with distributed systems, microservices, or cloud-native applications, collaboration and communication skills with the ability to work effectively across engineering teams, Proficiency in one or more programming or scripting languages such as Go, Python, Ruby or C/C++, Experience with configuring and operating service mesh on larger-scale production operations, focusing on stability, scalability and performance limits of web services, Experience with TCP/IP, DNS, and network-related protocols, Experience with Linux / Unix operating on high volume systems at scale, Experience with algorithms, data structures, complexity analysis, distributed systems and software development

Nice to Have

Envoy

What You'll Do.

operation of service mesh infrastructure

Implement service mesh capabilities

Support troubleshooting production issues

Improve platform reliability

operational efficiency

Contribute enhancements and fixes to internal tooling

Support incident response and operational excellence

Stay current with emerging cloud-native technologies

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work closely with other teams in engineering; Partner with other engineering teams; Work effectively across engineering teams

Communication Scope

Communication skills

Process & Methodology

Independently drive projects

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