Distributed Systems Software Engineer, Public Cloud
Salesforce
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This role pays less than 76% of similar roles. Most pay $147,469–$214,500 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $147k versus about $181k for comparable roles.
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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
Salesforce currently has 114 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $148,500–$243,550 across 106 roles with salary data.
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Software Engineer- GovCloud joins the Public Cloud engineering team to innovate and maintain a large-scale distributed systems engineering platform. This role involves designing, developing, and operating resilient distributed systems across thousands of compute nodes while delivering cloud infrastructure automation tools, frameworks, and validation platforms on AWS, GCP, Azure, or Alibaba. The engineer will build production-grade software using modern practices, integrating AI into the development workflow through tools like Cursor, Windsurf, Claude, and OpenAI API. Key responsibilities include writing Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform, developing microservices on Kubernetes and Docker, and managing distributed databases like Postgres. Candidates must possess advanced prompt engineering skills to ensure reliable AI outputs. The role requires proficiency in Java, Golang, Python, or Ruby to solve complex data management challenges and maintain high availability for government and public sector customers.
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