Salesforce
Senior Software Engineering Manager - Slack
$172K–$286K
Georgia - Atlanta +4 · Office Tech-Flexible · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026
- Location
- Georgia - Atlanta
New York - New York
Washington - Seattle
Washington - Bellevue
California - San Francisco
About the job
Leads Slack’s Backend and Frontend Client Infrastructure teams, setting technical direction and helping build and maintain core client modules, APIs, and developer foundations.
What you'll do
- Set team vision, execution strategy, and quarterly delivery measures; represent the teams in planning and leadership discussions.
- Align with engineering, product, and other partners on priorities and tradeoffs, including large-scale initiatives.
- Coach and develop engineers; champion improvements to productivity, performance, code health, and AI-assisted workflows.
What they ask for
- Experience coaching and mentoring high-performing engineers.
- Experience designing, scaling, and operating backend services and distributed systems for high-traffic client applications.
- Deep knowledge of API design principles and long-lived client contracts.
- Deep knowledge of browsers and frontend technologies; ability to explain tradeoffs involving service workers, boot frameworks, and web sockets.
Pay
$172,500 - $260,100 annually (USD, base salary); $207,800 - $285,800 annually (USD, base salary)
Tools
Slack, service worker, boot frameworks, web sockets
AI focus
Champion AI-assisted development practices and identify applications in engineering and operational workflows. Salesforce also states that AI tools help recruiters assess and evaluate candidates; humans make selection and hiring decisions.
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