This role pays more than
91%
of similar roles. Most pay
$162,539–$213,135
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$243k
versus about
$188k
for comparable roles.
Based on 239 similar postings.
Employer
About Salesforce
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
125 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$171,200–$260,100
across 105 roles with salary data.
The Lead/Principal Performance Engineer at Salesforce is a senior technical leader responsible for driving innovation in high-scale automation frameworks and ensuring product reliability across multi-team projects. This role involves designing traffic models, establishing scale goals, and implementing sophisticated monitoring strategies while serving as an expert in database tuning and system optimization. Day-to-day responsibilities include rapid prototyping to address critical scale issues, coaching engineers at all levels, leading code reviews, and partnering with product managers to integrate performance metrics into project definitions. Ideal candidates have over a decade of experience building platforms and applications at massive scale, expertise in Java, Python, C, or Ruby on Rails, and a deep understanding of key performance metrics such as throughput, latency, memory, CPU, disk, and network. Additional skills include strong communication abilities and familiarity with distributed data systems like Apache Kafka and Cassandra.
C
Python
C++
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network protocols
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Computer Vision
Low Level Programming
Object Oriented Programming
System Design and Architecture
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Image Sensor Fundamentals
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CI/CD