Senior Software Engineer, Public Cloud Infrastructure

Salesforce

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Work type
On-site
Location
Bellevue, WA
Salary
$148,500–$223,900 / yr
Posted
3 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Feb 1, 2027

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $178k
This role $186k
$107k most similar roles pay here $238k

This role pays more than 67% of similar roles. Most pay $149,500–$206,450 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $186k versus about $178k for comparable roles.

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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

Salesforce currently has 106 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Public Cloud Infrastructure

As a Senior Software Engineer- Public Cloud Infrastructure, you will join the Public Cloud engineering team to innovate and maintain a large-scale distributed systems engineering platform. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and operating resilient distributed systems across thousands of compute nodes while delivering cloud infrastructure automation tools, frameworks, and validation platforms. Your daily work involves managing live-site operations, resolving complex technical issues, and addressing technical debt to ensure high availability and performance. You will utilize technologies including Java, Golang, Python, or Ruby, alongside Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform, containerization via Kubernetes, Docker, or Mesos, and open-source tools like Spinnaker and Zookeeper. The role focuses on solving critical data management challenges and building robust back-end systems across public cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, Azure, or Alibaba to support a massive multi-tenant user base.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?

Median $202800 from 306 postings across 30 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, develop, and operate resilient distributed systems across thousands of compute nodes in multiple data centers.
  • Deliver cloud infrastructure automation tools, frameworks, workflows, and validation platforms on AWS, GCP, Azure, or Alibaba.
  • Develop Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform to manage public cloud environments.
  • Write microservices using containerization frameworks such as Kubernetes, Docker, and Mesos.
  • Resolve complex technical issues to improve system availability, resilience, and performance.
  • Manage the balance between live-site operations, new feature delivery, and the retirement of technical debt.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation to resolve real-time issues and maintain service high availability.
  • Contribute to and utilize open source technologies like Spinnaker and Zookeeper.

What we're looking for

  • A related technical degree is required.
  • 4+ years of backend software development experience are required.
  • Deep knowledge of programming in Java, Golang, Python, or Ruby is required.
  • Experience owning and operating multiple instances of a critical service is required.
  • Experience with Agile development methodology and Test Driven Development is required.
  • Experience with critical infrastructure services including monitoring, alerting, logging, and reporting applications is required.
  • Experience developing Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform is required.
  • Experience writing microservices on containerization frameworks such as Kubernetes, Docker, or Mesos is required.

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