Software Engineer Data Platform-Slack (Sr Staff/Staff)

The Slack Data Platform team at Salesforce is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead their data quality and governance initiatives. This role is crucial in developing and maintaining a dependable, trusted, and well-governed platform that ensures data consistency, accuracy, and accessibility. The position involves transforming data exploration through metadata utilization and making data discovery more intuitive and insightful.

The role requires collaboration with business experts, analytics professionals, and engineers to drive the Data Quality and Governance roadmap. The primary focus is on building a robust and intelligent platform that enhances data discoverability and governance, serving as a foundation for future AI-driven capabilities. This platform will utilize semantic layer and natural language processing to enrich data understanding and interaction.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll be instrumental in fostering a data-driven culture across the Slack product organization. Working closely with product owners, you'll help configure essential product and business metrics within a centralized governance framework. The position demands technical expertise in data technologies, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure, combined with strong leadership and communication skills.

The ideal candidate brings 7+ years of industry experience, with deep knowledge in data governance, quality systems, and modern data processing technologies. You'll be working with cutting-edge tools and technologies, including Python, Java/Scala, Kubernetes, and various data processing frameworks. The role offers the opportunity to shape the future of data governance at a leading enterprise software company while mentoring team members and driving technical excellence.

This position represents a unique opportunity to impact how data is managed and utilized at scale, working with some of the most sophisticated data systems in the industry. The role combines technical leadership with strategic thinking, requiring both hands-on engineering expertise and the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.