Senior Software Engineering Manager (Full Stack, Slack)

Join Slack as a Senior Software Engineering Manager, where you will lead two high-performing teams focused on building core modules and APIs that power the Slack client. You will collaborate with stakeholders, set the long-term vision and execution strategy, and represent the team in planning and leadership meetings. Additionally, you will mentor and coach the team while advocating for their career development.

• Lead and manage two teams of skilled engineers focused on building core modules and APIs for the Slack client.
• Develop relationships with stakeholders to make trade-offs against existing business priorities and champion team interests.
• Collaborate with the team to set the long-term vision and execution strategy, and define, monitor, and report against quarterly measures for team deliverables.

• The ability to understand and explain the technical trade-offs and complexities regarding concepts like the service worker, boot frameworks, and web sockets
• The ability to weigh several - often conflicting - constraints and make rapid technical decisions in a fast moving environment
• Deep knowledge of API design principles that support long-lived client contracts
• Experience designing, scaling, and operating backend services and distributed systems that power high-traffic client applications
• High resilience towards uncertainty, ambiguity, and operating with high stakes, occasionally with conflicting priorities and stakeholders
• Deep knowledge of browsers and frontend technologies
• Experience coaching and mentoring a team of high performing and skilled engineers