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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Software Engineer, Slack Desktop Client - **Company:** Salesforce.com, Inc. - **Location:** Atlanta, GA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Software Applications, Profiling, Software Debugging, Open Source Technology, Salesforce.Com, TypeScript, Web Applications, Windows Desktop, ReactJS, Front End Software Development - **Published:** June 23, 2026 - **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/career/17347313/Staff-Software-Engineer-Slack-Desktop-Client-Georgia-Atlanta ## About the Role * 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. * Development at Scale: Experience working in a large-scale, shared codebase with hundreds of contributors, where you have successfully established patterns that allow other teams to contribute effectively without friction. Experience writing understandable, testable code with an eye towards maintainability and scalability. * Strategic Architecture: Expertise in building complex systems and tooling, with the ability to lead technical design that guides the best decisions across the team. * Business Alignment: Exceptional communication skills with the ability to tie technical infrastructure your work succinctly to company goals like performance, reliability and developer velocity. Routinely and facilitates dialogue between junior and senior members to surface blockers. * Technical Breadth: Experience working with performance profiling and debugging tools for web based desktop applications. Familiarity with desktop development, along with the ability to understand and explain technical trade-offs and complexities. * Self-Awareness: A commitment to proactively offering regular, constructive feedback and gracefully receiving it to improve yourself and the team culture. * Eagerness to learn, but similar excitement to teach. * Understanding that the perfect solution is informed by the people who will be building on your work, rather than being purely dependent on technical merits. Empathy is a feature. Bonus Points * Experience contributing to the engineering reputation externally (e.g., blog posts, speaking at conferences, open source contributions). * Experience developing on Windows and maintaining build infrastructure for Windows desktop applications. * Experience in fast-paced and dynamic product development environments., In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com. ## Description * Strategic Leadership: You will lead cross functional initiatives across Electron and at Slack associated with increasing developer productivity, OS level stability, performance, or security alongside desktop and frontend stakeholders. * Technical Standards: You will be contributing to key architectural decisions to adapt our existing frontend and desktop infrastructure to support new product features. * Navigating Ambiguity: You will thrive in ambiguity, often identifying and offering solutions to problems, like framework migrations or rendering bottlenecks, that are not yet evident to the leaders who presented them. * System Health: You will maintain and improve the core systems that power the Slack desktop client and Electron framework, including Slack and Electron-based infrastructure and tooling * Mentorship & Culture: You will build a safe space for learning and serve as a skilled and trusted mentor to engineers across the organization, developing the ability to coach new leaders rather than just individual contributors. * Cross-Functional Execution: You will collaborate with teammates across engineering to identify, define, and solve strategically important initiatives, acting as a leader in communication to de-escalate conflicts and drive consensus. ## Related Videos - [Do TypeScript without TypeScript](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/327-do-typescript-without-typescript) - [Profiling Symfony & PHP apps with Blackfire](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/265-profiling-symfony-php-apps-with-blackfire) - [Watch Tests Go Brrrr! : Getting Started with Cypress in ReactJS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/282-watch-tests-go-brrrr-getting-started-with-cypress-in-reactjs) - [Coffee with Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/354-coffee-with-developers) - [Vuejs and TypeScript- Working Together like Peanut Butter and Jelly](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/127-vuejs-and-typescript-working-together-like-peanut-butter-and-jelly) - [Enhancing Workload Security in Kubernetes](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/356-enhancing-workload-security-in-kubernetes) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [React Developer Salary [2023]](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/198-react-developer-salary-2023) - [How Much Does a Software Engineer Make? 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