Slack

AI CRM

Sr.SoftwareEngineer,CloudNetwork

Virginia, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
The Brief

“Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Network at Slack. Skills: Cloud Network, AWS, Infrastructure-as-code, DDoS mitigation. Design, build, and operate systems. Develop and automate detection, mitigation, and response systems”

What You'll Achieve.

enable fast and reliable delivery; scale Slack’s worldwide infrastructure; improve reliability, repeatability, and efficiency; ensure Slack remains resilient; ensure the availability and resiliency of critical Slack infrastructure

Industry & Context.

AI CRM
Problems you'll solve

Troubleshoot complex issues

Eligibility Requirements

U. S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency (Green Card holder), on-call rotations

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

U. S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency (Green Card holder), 5+ years of experience in software engineering, focus on distributed systems, focus on cloud-native applications, focus on microservices, Hands-on experience with cloud providers such as AWS or GCP, knowledge of TCP/IP, knowledge of DNS, knowledge of DNSSEC, knowledge of related network protocols, Proven track record of building tools, automation, or services using one or more programming languages (e. g. , Go, Ruby, Python, C/C++), Extensive experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation), Prior experience deploying, operating, and debugging server software on Linux, A BS, MS, or Ph. D. in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent work experience)

Nice to Have

A domain expert within the AWS ecosystem (NLB, VPC / IAM / S3 / EC2), Experience contributing to or operating large-scale, highly available production systems, Knowledge of DDoS detection/mitigation strategies and automation frameworks, Interest in cost optimization and operational efficiency at cloud scale

What You'll Do.

Develop and automate detection

Contribute to infrastructure-as-code and automation frameworks

Troubleshoot complex issues across applications

Partner closely with AWS and other engineering teams

Drive improvements in system observability

Participate in on-call rotations

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner closely with AWS; Partner closely with other engineering teams; collaborating across engineering

Communication Scope

explain complex technical concepts

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