Senior Staff Software Engineer, SecOps - Slack

Salesforce is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for their SecOps team at Slack, focusing on threat detection and security engineering. This role combines software engineering expertise with security operations, requiring experience in both development and security domains. The position involves working with a dozen-person team of multidisciplinary engineers who handle SecDevOps responsibilities, write Go and Python code, and manage Elasticsearch at scale.

The role is part of Slack's security team, which is dedicated to protecting infrastructure, operations, and customer data. The ideal candidate will work on threat detection programs, collaborate on development efforts, and help drive security initiatives. The position requires expertise in Data Science/ML work, with goals to implement machine learning models for anomaly detection and eventually utilize LLMs for advanced alerting capabilities.

Working in a distributed team environment, you'll collaborate with team members across multiple locations including Melbourne and Auckland. The role involves regular communication through Slack and Zoom coworking sessions. You'll be part of an on-call rotation and have opportunities to grow your engineering participation broadly within Slack.

The position offers competitive compensation ranging from $230,700 to $384,100, depending on location, and is available in major tech hubs including San Francisco, Seattle, and Atlanta. Salesforce provides a supportive, diverse culture that values curiosity, inventiveness, and continuous improvement. The role combines technical challenges with the opportunity to make a significant impact on Slack's security infrastructure while working with cutting-edge technologies and tools.