Staff Software Engineer, Mobile Developer Experience
San Francisco, CA

Job Description

Staff Software Engineer, Mobile Developer Experience

The Mobile Developer Experience team builds the tools and infrastructure required to enable mobile client development at Slack's ever-increasing scale. This team's ambitious mission is to make Slack the best place in the world to be a mobile developer. Software engineers on the Mobile DevXP team understand that the best mobile applications are developed by mobile teams that have great internal tools, the most stable and scalable automated testing infrastructure, and an extensive performance benchmarking toolset.

As a mobile developer experience engineer, you realize that every extra second a build takes is a second lost, that every reliably run test is another bug prevented, and that many of the tools needed to develop amazing mobile applications still need to be dreamed up and built. You will create, support, and internally promote the tools and infrastructure that make the lives of Slack mobile developers, and potentially the larger mobile developer community, more pleasant and more productive.

Requirements

* A feedback-driven and customer-centered approach towards internal product development
* Strong computer science fundamentals and a knack for building production systems that scale
* An eagerness to work with and integrate 3rd party systems with the good judgement to know when it's appropriate to build something in-house instead
* The ability to work within whichever programming language is required to get the job done, be it Python, PHP, HackLang, ObjC, Swift, Java, Kotlin, etc. with proficiency in at least one
* Experience creating and interfacing with server-side automation endpoints
* A constant desire to improve, learn more, and take things higher

Bonus Points

* Familiarity with the current state of the Android and/or iOS development tool ecosystem for development, testing, debugging, and performance benchmarking
* Familiarity with test automation, especially UI test automation
* Experience developing distributed systems at scale
* Experience creating web based dashboards
* Experience developing mobile applications
* Experience using Slack and a keen interest in making it better

Slack is where work happens. It connects you with the people and apps you work with every day, no matter where you are or what you do. We believe everyone deserves to work in a welcoming, respectful, and empathetic culture. We live by our values and hire accordingly.

Launched in February 2014, Slack is the fastest growing business application ever and is used by thousands of teams and millions of users every day. Slack's investors include many of the best-recognized firms in the world, including Accel Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Social+Capital, KPCB, Google Ventures, Horizons Ventures, IVP, Spark Growth, DST, and Index Ventures. We currently have eight offices worldwide, in San Francisco, Vancouver, Dublin, Melbourne, New York, London, Tokyo, and Toronto.

Ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace where we learn from each other is core to Slack's values. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer and a fun place to work. Come do the best work of your life here at Slack.

Slack is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participant in the U.S. Federal E-Verify program. Women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to