Senior Director, Software Engineering – Slack Application Architecture and Systems

Salesforce

. Lead the Application Architecture and Systems engineering organization across web, desktop, and mobile .

Posted 11/6/2026full-timeUnited StatesSenior💰 $218,400 - $365,200 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading application architecture and systems engineering, with a focus on client infrastructure across web, desktop, and mobile platforms. Proven ability to set technical strategy, drive high standards for performance and quality, and foster a cohesive, high-performing engineering culture.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Client Infrastructure EngineeringTechnical Strategy DevelopmentLeadership of Large Engineering OrganizationsExperience with AccessibilityElectron Native Desktop Applications

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Hard Skills

Application ArchitectureSystems EngineeringAI-Assisted DevelopmentDesign SystemsPerformance StandardsReliability StandardsQuality StandardsEngineering ManagementTechnical Roadmap CreationOrganizational Change Management

Soft Skills

Collaboration Across FunctionsCoaching Senior LeadersCohesive Team BuildingStrategic ThinkingPerformance Improvement

Certifications & Qualifications

Related Technical Degree

Industry Keywords

Large-Scale Client ApplicationHybrid OrganizationAccessibility StandardsDistributed TeamsAgentic Development

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Electron

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the Application Architecture and Systems engineering organization across web, desktop, and mobile
Hire, develop, and retain engineering managers and senior individual contributors
Define and drive Slack’s multi-year technical vision and roadmap for client infrastructure
Partner with Product counterparts to set strategy and make tradeoffs
Establish high standards for performance, reliability, quality, and engineering craft
Reshape client engineering development and delivery for the agentic era, including AI coding agents
Steward shared frameworks, components, design-system foundations, and internal client APIs
Champion accessibility as a first-class part of Slack development
Collaborate with executive peers in Product, Design, and Engineering across Slack and Salesforce
Unite a distributed, hybrid organization into a cohesive, high-performing culture
Assess the organization, set strategy, and improve technical excellence and team performance within the first 60–90 days

Requirements

What you’ll need

Significant experience leading product infrastructure engineering at a company with a complex, large-scale client application
Experience in client infrastructure; web and mobile experience is a plus
Track record leading large engineering organizations, including managing managers and coaching senior leaders
Ability to set technical strategy and work with Product and Design to turn it into a roadmap
Experience maintaining high standards for performance, reliability, and quality
Ability to collaborate across functions without direct authority over all parties
Related technical degree
Experience leading engineering teams through AI-assisted and agentic development (preferred)
Experience leading distributed teams through organizational change (preferred)
Experience with accessibility (preferred)
Experience with Electron native desktop applications (preferred)
Experience building or scaling design systems (preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Time off programs
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Mental health support
Paid parental leave
Life insurance
Disability insurance
401(k)
Employee stock purchasing program
Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation and equity
Reasonable accommodation during the application or recruiting process