This role pays more than
68%
of similar roles. Most pay
$149,350–$214,500
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$189k
versus about
$182k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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
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Listed pay typically runs
$148,500–$260,100
across 98 roles with salary data.
Senior / Lead Software Engineer - Database/Distributed Storage Engineering joins the Salesforce Database team to develop highly durable, available distributed storage for public clouds. This role involves designing and implementing scalable, resilient, and fault-tolerant transactional systems while integrating AI agents into human workflows. The engineer will build production-grade software using an AI-first approach, utilizing tools like Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, or Cursor to deliver high-quality code. Key responsibilities include advanced prompt engineering, maintaining shared system context, and evaluating code for security and performance. Required skills include proficiency in Java or C within Unix/Linux environments, experience with relational databases or distributed storage, and knowledge of Kubernetes and public cloud APIs. The role focuses on solving complex challenges in clustering solutions and ensuring high availability for the underlying database stack.
Remote (New York, NY)86 days ago
$126,000–$248,000
Rust
C++
Kubernetes
AWS
Azure
GCP
Distributed Systems
Containerization
Observability
Load Testing
Chaos Engineering
Database Internals
Multi-tenant Cloud Services
High Availability
Data Processing Systems
Kubernetes
Go
C++
vSAN
CSI
Distributed Systems
Linux
Container Runtime
SDLC
Data Structures
Algorithms
Persistent Volumes
NFS
VMFS
etcd
Infrastructure Orchestration