Staff Backend Product Engineer

Salesforce

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Francisco, CA
Salary: $197,300–$313,700 / yr
Posted: 2 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Closes: Oct 30, 2026
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Staff Backend Product Engineer

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As a Staff Backend Product Engineer (SlackBot), you will join the Slackbot team to build intelligent search, automation, and foundational capabilities that serve as an entry point to AI-powered work. You will design and own systems and APIs for third-party data integrations and platform infrastructure while ensuring high performance and scalability for millions of users. Your daily responsibilities include collaborating with product managers and designers to conceptualize features, mentoring other engineers, performing code reviews, and triaging complex production issues. The role requires over ten years of experience in backend development using languages such as PHP, Python, Java, Ruby, Go, or C. Preferred technical skills include expertise in the PHP/Hack, Java, MySQL, and Linux stack, alongside a strong grasp of distributed systems, information retrieval, and building large-scale APIs for AI-powered systems.

Skills

PHP Hack Java Python Go C MySQL Linux Distributed Systems Information Retrieval Search Infrastructure AI Data Structures Algorithms Web Applications

What you'll do

Design and build scalable backend systems and APIs that power Slackbot’s core features.
Develop intelligent search and information retrieval capabilities across various connected data sources.
Own the long-term health, roadmap, and technical architecture of specific team features and infrastructure.
Manage third-party data integrations and ensure high performance for millions of users.
Triage and resolve complex production issues in coordination with support and operations teams.
Mentor other engineers through code reviews and by improving engineering standards and tooling.
Translate complex technical concepts into clear information for non-technical stakeholders like designers and product managers.

What we're looking for

10+ years of professional experience building and shipping web applications with a focus on backend development.
Proven experience with functional or imperative programming languages such as PHP, Python, Java, Ruby, Go, or C.
Expertise in PHP/Hack, Java, MySQL, and Linux (preferred).
Experience building search infrastructure, large-scale APIs, or AI-powered systems (preferred).
Ability to contribute to technical architecture discussions and drive critical technical decisions across teams.
Track record of writing understandable, testable code with a focus on maintainability.
Solid computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and information retrieval.
Ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

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