Staff Software Engineer, Electron & Browser Infrastructure - Slack Desktop
$197,300–$313,700 year
RemoteSan Francisco, California, United States or Seattle, Washington, United States
Job Summary
Staff Software Engineer to strengthen Slack Desktop's Electron-based infrastructure and Chromium-backed browser framework. Lead cross-functional initiatives across Electron and Slack's desktop stack, influence architectural decisions, optimize OS-level stability, performance, and security, and mentor engineers while collaborating with desktop and frontend teams to drive developer velocity. You will contribute to architectural standards, address rendering bottlenecks, framework migrations, and deliver scalable, maintainable desktop infrastructure for Slack's cross-platform client, with a focus on security, performance, and reliability.
Required Qualifications
- 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 with performance profiling and debugging tools for web-based desktop applications
- Experience in building complex systems and tooling
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams
- Bonus points for Windows development and build infrastructure experience
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