Software Engineering SMTS

Salesforce

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco, CA
Salary: $148,500–$223,900 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 4 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 221 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Software Engineering SMTS

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The Software Engineering SMTS joins a team of database experts to architect, develop, and test a next-generation cloud-native database. This role focuses on building large-scale, mission-critical distributed systems at petabyte scale. You will design and develop core distributed database functionality, solve complex scalability problems, and implement comprehensive functional and system tests. Key responsibilities include debugging issues, conducting root cause analysis, and participating in the release process. The role requires deep expertise in distributed computing, including distributed consensus, transactional protocols, and multi-threading. You must possess strong software engineering skills in Java or C, along with knowledge of networking, storage, and memory management. You will work on critical areas such as logging, recovery, distributed lock management, replication, high availability, and cluster management within a fast-paced agile environment.

Skills

Distributed Systems Database Internals Java C Systems Programming Multi-threading Memory Management Networking Distributed Consensus Transactional Protocols High Availability Cluster Management Replication Agile Monitoring Data Structures Algorithms

What you'll do

Design and develop core functionality for distributed database systems.
Create new architectures and designs to solve complex scalability problems.
Generate ideas to improve system robustness and performance.
Implement comprehensive functional and system tests to ensure database quality.
Debug issues, conduct root cause analysis, and diagnose software defects.
Participate actively in the release and deployment process.
Provide end-to-end ownership of architecture, monitoring, and product support for mission-critical systems.

What we're looking for

BS or higher degree in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
MS or PhD in databases or distributed systems (preferred).
6+ years of experience in systems or database internals programming.
6+ years of experience designing, building, and supporting large-scale systems.
Strong CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
Deep expertise in distributed computing, including system architecture, communication, distributed consensus, and transactional protocols.
Strong understanding of low-level operating system concepts like multi-threading, memory management, networking, storage, performance, and scale.
Strong Java or C programming skills.