Senior Developer Productivity Engineer -SMTS

Salesforce

Remote

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Remote
Location
Remote
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$148,500–$223,900 / yr
Posted
2 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 · Senior Developer Productivity Engineer -SMTS

As a Senior Member of Technical Staff (SMTS) on Salesforce's global engineering platform team, you will focus on Developer Productivity Engineering and CI/CD Platform Engineering to enhance developer efficiency and streamline build processes. Your daily tasks include identifying and resolving friction points in the development lifecycle using data-driven methodologies like DORA and SPACE, designing robust CI/CD pipelines with Harness CI and Jenkins, and developing high-performance internal tools with modern frontend technologies such as Svelte. You will also optimize software-defined infrastructure for centralized build repositories on Kubernetes (EKS) and ensure security compliance through automated static analysis. Key skills required include expertise in Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Chef, Ansible, Groovy, Python, Java, Bash, Git, and various observability tools like ELK Stack and Grafana. This role demands deep technical knowledge and cross-team collaboration to support Salesforce's large-scale engineering operations.

What you'll do

  • Identify and eliminate friction points in the developer lifecycle to improve velocity.
  • Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Harness CI and Jenkins for high availability.
  • Develop internal tools and dashboards to enhance developer efficiency and productivity.
  • Optimize software-defined build infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments.
  • Implement and manage containerized build/test workloads on Kubernetes (EKS).
  • Instrument observability metrics and maintain data pipelines for actionable insights.
  • Integrate automated security analysis into CI/CD pipelines to enforce quality gates.

What we're looking for

  • Minimum 5 years of experience in Developer Productivity, DevOps, or Build/CI Engineering.
  • Proven ability to deliver high-quality systems in large-scale enterprise environments.
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes (EKS).
  • Proficiency in CI platforms such as Harness CI and Jenkins.
  • Knowledge of data pipelines using Airbyte and frontend technologies like Svelte.
  • Expertise in build systems including Maven, Gradle, Ant, and artifact management tools.
  • Strong skills in observability tools such as ELK Stack, Datadog, Prometheus, and Grafana.

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