Distributed Systems Software Engineer - Public Cloud (Mid/Senior/Lead/Principal)

Salesforce

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Salary
$117,200–$313,700 / yr
Posted
40 days ago

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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

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TL;DR · Distributed Systems Software Engineer - Public Cloud (Mid/Senior/Lead/Principal)

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As a Distributed Systems Software Engineer at Salesforce, you will join a dynamic Public Cloud engineering team responsible for maintaining and innovating large-scale distributed systems that serve tens of millions of users daily. Your role involves designing, developing, and optimizing core back-end systems to ensure high reliability, speed, and security while preserving user customizations and integrations. You’ll work with technologies like Java, GoLang, Python, or Ruby, contribute to open-source projects such as Spinnaker and Zookeeper, and develop Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform on Kubernetes, Docker, and Mesos. Additionally, you will leverage AI tools for secure and optimized code development, resolve complex technical issues, and participate in the team’s on-call rotation to maintain system availability and performance.

Skills

AWS GCP Azure Alibaba Terraform Kubernetes Docker Java GoLang Python Ruby Spinnaker Zookeeper PostgreSQL CI/CD OpenAI API Cursor Windsurf Claude

What you'll do

  • Design and develop resilient distributed systems running across thousands of compute nodes.
  • Build cloud infrastructure automation tools using Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code practices.
  • Write microservices on containerization frameworks like Kubernetes and Docker for high availability.
  • Resolve complex technical issues to improve system resilience, performance, and security.
  • Contribute to open-source technology projects such as Spinnaker and Zookeeper.

What we're looking for

  • Deep experience with concurrency and large-scale distributed systems.
  • Proficiency in solving real-world data management challenges and ensuring high availability.
  • Advanced prompt engineering skills for AI outputs reliability and security.
  • Expertise in developing infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and containerization frameworks.
  • Strong background in backend software development with Java, GoLang, Python, or Ruby.
  • Experience owning and operating critical services in a production environment.

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