The opportunity timeline

• Overview

  Slack is hiring a Backend Developer in Carlsbad, NM.

• Role description

  Between the demo that wows and the system that survives sits the Backend Developer we're recruiting in Carlsbad, and Slack pays $68,000 - $97,000 for the difference. The deal favors the seasoned — 5 years earns $68,000 - $97,000, a part-time arrangement, and a technology charter you'll actually own.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Translate performance-driven business requirements into technical specifications and tasks
  • Drive adoption of best practices in testing, security, and observability
  • Pair Work Ethic and Cypress in a pipeline Slack can extend without your help later
  • Design, build, and maintain reliable backend services using Express.js and AWS
  • Land Django performance wins Slack can measure in NM retention numbers
  • Bridge PHP and gRPC so the two halves of Slack's platform finally talk
  • Sketch Self-Motivation sequence diagrams that make the technology flow obvious to everyone

  What You'll Bring

  • Professionalism, integrity, and discretion with sensitive information
  • A feedback-driven bias toward action, balanced by knowing when to wait
  • Real curiosity about why Slack customers do what they do
  • Meticulous attention to detail across every deliverable

  Inside Slack's Carlsbad headquarters, a results-oriented team treats every Persuasion bug like a personal insult worth fixing tonight. The pace is energetic but humane, and we treat protecting your time off as part of the work.

  We anchor everything in $68,000 - $97,000, then add mentorship, benefits, and the freedom to flex your part-time schedule around real life.

  We are actively sourcing oddball-friendly professionals for this mid-level role right now.

  Drop us your application and tell us, in your own words, why Slack caught your eye.

• Required skills

  • AWS
  • Node.js
  • MongoDB
  • Express.js
  • PHP
  • Laravel
  • Django
  • PostgreSQL
  • gRPC
  • Cypress
  • Self-Motivation
  • Persuasion
  • Collaboration
  • Work Ethic

• Benefits & perks

  • Relocation Assistance
  • Home Office Setup
  • Nap Pods
  • On-site cafeteria
  • Company retreats
  • Open and transparent culture
  • Roth 401(k) option
  • Jury duty leave
  • Internal mobility opportunities
  • Four-day work week
  • Quarterly all-hands meetings
  • Standing flexible benefits credits
  • Birthday off
  • First-week welcome kit

• Apply before 2026-11-27

  Submit your application for this Part-time technology position.