Software Engineering Architect

Salesforce

Remote

Quick summary

Work type: Remote
Location: San Francisco, CA
Salary: $218,400–$365,200 / yr
Posted: 4 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role $292k

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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 125 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Software Engineering Architect

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Join the Cloud Economics & Capacity Management (CECM) team at Salesforce as a senior software engineer, where you will design and implement large-scale distributed systems to optimize cloud infrastructure costs and capacity management. You will lead architectural initiatives, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and mentor engineers while driving innovation in AI-driven cost analytics and forecasting across AWS, GCP, Azure, and 1P environments. Key skills include extensive experience in cloud infrastructure, big data platforms like Trino/Presto and Spark, and a deep understanding of AI/ML systems. This role demands hands-on development expertise with a focus on delivering scalable solutions used by thousands of internal users, ensuring high performance and reliability in Salesforce’s centralized infrastructure.

Skills

AWS GCP Azure FinOps Trino Presto Iceberg Airflow Spark AI ML LLM CI/CD Python Kubernetes Terraform Prometheus PostgreSQL Docker

What you'll do

Design and implement scalable, reliable, and secure architectural solutions for the CECM platform.
Lead the architectural design of complex distributed systems to optimize cloud cost and capacity management.
Champion technical standards and best practices for continuous improvement in the CECM platform.
Mentor engineers and data scientists, fostering their development and contributing to high-level technical discussions.
Evaluate new technologies and lead prototyping efforts to evolve the CECM platform architecture.

What we're looking for

15+ years of hands-on experience in designing and delivering large-scale distributed systems.
Proven expertise in cloud infrastructure architecting, including FinOps, cost optimization, and capacity planning.
Extensive development experience on public clouds (AWS, GCP, Azure).
Deep knowledge of big data platforms such as Trino/Presto, Iceberg, Airflow, and Spark.
Experience with AI/ML systems, LLM optimization, and agentic workflows.
Track record of building products used by 1000+ internal users.
Ability to mentor engineers and contribute to high-level technical discussions.

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