Slack

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 cloud networking stack. Build cloud networking stack”

What You'll Achieve.

enable fast delivery; enable reliable delivery; improve reliability; improve repeatability; improve efficiency; scale worldwide infrastructure; ensure availability; ensure resiliency

Industry & Context.

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, distributed systems, cloud-native applications, microservices, AWS, GCP, TCP/IP, DNS, DNSSEC, Go, Ruby, Python, C/C++, Terraform, CloudFormation, Linux, BS, MS, or Ph. D. in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent work experience)

Nice to Have

AWS ecosystem (NLB, VPC / IAM / S3 / EC2), large-scale, highly available production systems, DDoS detection/mitigation strategies, automation frameworks, cost optimization, operational efficiency at cloud scale

What You'll Do.

Design cloud networking stack

Build cloud networking stack

Operate cloud networking stack

Develop DDoS detection systems

Automate DDoS mitigation systems

Automate DDoS response systems

Contribute to infrastructure-as-code

Contribute to automation frameworks

Troubleshoot complex issues

Partner with engineering teams

Scale worldwide infrastructure

Adopt new cloud technologies

Drive system observability improvements

Drive system reliability improvements

Drive system ease-of-use improvements

Collaborate across engineering

Participate in on-call rotations

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

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

Communication Scope

explain complex technical concepts

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