Backend Software Development Engineer

Salesforce

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Work type
Remote
Location
San Francisco, CASeattle, WABellevue, WA
Salary
$117,200–$313,700 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
79 days ago
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Confirmed live today
Nearby
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Salesforce is the world''s leading customer relationship management (CRM) platform, offering cloud-based software for sales, service, marketing, analytics, and application development. Industry: Enterprise Software & Cloud Computing

Salesforce currently has 221 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Backend Software Development Engineer

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The Backend Software Development Engineer - Mid/Senior/Lead/Principal joins a team of world-class engineers to build breakthrough features for a trusted CRM platform. You will design, implement, and tune robust APIs and framework features that scale in multi-tenant environments while handling large cloud data sets. Key responsibilities include test-driven development, CI/CD practices, and orchestrating complex systems where AI agents integrate into human workflows. You will utilize technologies such as Java, C++, Go, Ruby, Scala, Python, Node.JS, and JavaScript, alongside Spring, gRPC, REST, and HTTP protocols. For Big Data roles, you will work with Phoenix, HBase, Kafka, Spark, and Hive. The role requires advanced prompt engineering and an AI-first approach using tools like Cursor, Claude, and OpenAI API to ensure reliable, production-ready outputs.

Skills

Java Python Go C++ Ruby Scala Node.JS JavaScript AWS GCP Azure CI/CD Spark Kafka HBase MapReduce Hive Presto Spring gRPC REST SOAP XML JSON HTTP Prompt Engineering GitHub Copilot Cursor Claude OpenAI API

What you'll do

  • Develop backend applications for various clouds including Marketing, Commerce, Sales, and Big Data.
  • Design, implement, and tune robust APIs that scale in a multi-tenant environment.
  • Handle large data sets in cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, Alibaba, or Azure.
  • Build and ship production-grade software using modern engineering practices and AI development tools.
  • Design and orchestrate complex systems where AI agents integrate into human workflows.
  • Maintain a shared system context repository of designs, constraints, and standards for AI reliability.
  • Critically evaluate human and AI-generated code for correctness, security, and performance.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation to address complex problems and maintain service availability.

What we're looking for

  • A related technical degree is required.
  • 3+ years of backend software development experience is required.
  • Deep knowledge of object-oriented programming languages such as Java, C++, Go, C#, Ruby, Scala, Python, Node.JS, or JavaScript is required.
  • Broad knowledge of web standards relating to APIs such as REST, SOAP, XML, WSDL, HTTP, and JSON is required.
  • Experience with Spring, gRPC, REST, and the HTTP protocol is required.
  • Experience with Agile development methodology is required.
  • Advanced prompt engineering skills and the ability to write precise, structured prompts for reliable AI outputs is required.
  • Experience using AI tools in development workflows is required.

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