Senior Software Engineer (Platform Orchestration)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Platform Orchestration): Building and optimizing foundational orchestration systems for Slack's infrastructure with an accent on fleet management, CI/CD, and incident response workflows. Focus on designing scalable platforms, implementing infrastructure-as-code, and driving adoption of best practices for reliable and compliant service operations.

Location: San Francisco, Seattle, Atlanta, or Bellevue (USA)

Company

hirify.global enables people around the world to communicate and collaborate, with Slack being a key product used by millions daily for communication and collaboration.

What you will do

• Lead end-to-end delivery of software projects that improve how services are deployed, managed, and observed across Slack’s infrastructure.
• Design and build foundational orchestration systems that enable reliable, scalable, and compliant service operations.
• Develop tools that streamline continuous delivery, automate incident workflows, and track service health and reliability metrics.
• Implement platform solutions using infrastructure-as-code, automation frameworks, and AWS-native services.
• Collaborate closely with engineering teams to integrate platform capabilities into their workflows.
• Advocate for platform efficiency and cost-conscious engineering through tooling, automation, and cross-team engagement.

Requirements

• Strong software engineering fundamentals with engineering rigor and a systems mindset.
• Strong grasp of reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency, especially in distributed systems.
• Collaborative, mentoring mindset modelling engineering best practices around testing, design, documentation, and operational excellence.
• Solid experience operating backend systems in production and hands-on experience with AWS.
• Experience building infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform, with a preference for reusable and maintainable abstractions.
• A passion for creating platform solutions that empower engineering teams to move faster, be more reliable, and operate with confidence.

Nice to have

• Deep knowledge of specific AWS domains such as IAM, EC2, or networking.
• AWS certifications (Professional or Specialty-level).
• Experience building or maintaining platforms that support high-scale CI/CD, service orchestration, or incident automation.
• Demonstrated success in reducing cloud costs or improving platform efficiency through tooling or automation.